Optomechanical platform
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1. An optomechanical platform for operating on a broad spectrum input signal carried on an optical fiber comprising:
- a means for providing the broad spectrum input signal in a 1-D array;
a means for substantially collimating the broad spectrum input;
a means for diffracting the collimated broad spectrum input into a distinct angle such that the diffracted light is directed through the collimating means a second time and onto a means for operating on the light; and
the means for operating on the light which receives the light after it passes through the collimating means the second time, the light operating means including a means for selectively reflecting some or all of the light back into the collimating means, while affecting either the amplitude or phase of the reflected light.
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Abstract
An optomechanical platform that provides both precise alignment and ready manufacture of optical and optomechanical components. A simplified embodiment of the invention includes a substantially symmetric cylindrical tube with an optical device at one end of the tube, a grating at another, opposite end of the tube and optics disposed between. optomechanical/optoelectronic device that is particularly well suited to WDM and imaging applications. Included is an integrated optomechanical/optoelctronic device particularly well suited to imaging and Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed (WDM) applications.
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1. An optomechanical platform for operating on a broad spectrum input signal carried on an optical fiber comprising:
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a means for providing the broad spectrum input signal in a 1-D array;
a means for substantially collimating the broad spectrum input;
a means for diffracting the collimated broad spectrum input into a distinct angle such that the diffracted light is directed through the collimating means a second time and onto a means for operating on the light; and
the means for operating on the light which receives the light after it passes through the collimating means the second time, the light operating means including a means for selectively reflecting some or all of the light back into the collimating means, while affecting either the amplitude or phase of the reflected light. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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