Apparatus for transforming the aspect ratio of an optical input field based on stacked waveguides
First Claim
1. An apparatus for converting a shape of an optical input to a differently shaped optical output, comprising:
- at least two stacked slab waveguides wherein a location light is input along a portion of one side of each of the waveguides is distinct from a location light is output from one side of each of the waveguides;
wherein the volume of any of the stacked slab waveguides is the volume traversed by translating a quadrilateral in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the quadrilateral;
wherein there is a geometrical difference between each waveguide such that the location light is output from each of the waveguides is displaced in at least two directions with respect to each other, or the location light is input to each of the waveguides is displaced in at least two directions with respect to each other;
wherein an aggregate area of the locations light is input to the waveguides corresponds approximately to the shape of the optical input; and
wherein an aggregate area of the locations light is output from the waveguides corresponds approximately to a desired shape of optical output, wherein the desired shape of the optical output is different from the shape of the optical input.
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Abstract
An apparatus consisting of stacked slab waveguides whose outputs are vertically staggered is disclosed. At the input to the stacked waveguides, the entrances to each slab lie in approximately the same vertical plane. A spot which is imaged onto the input will be transformed approximately to a set of staggered rectangles at the output, without substantial loss in brightness, which staggered rectangles can serve as a convenient input to a spectroscopic apparatus. A slit mask can be added to spatially filter the outputs so as to present the desired transverse width in the plane of the spectroscopic apparatus parallel to its dispersion.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus for converting a shape of an optical input to a differently shaped optical output, comprising:
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at least two stacked slab waveguides wherein a location light is input along a portion of one side of each of the waveguides is distinct from a location light is output from one side of each of the waveguides; wherein the volume of any of the stacked slab waveguides is the volume traversed by translating a quadrilateral in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the quadrilateral; wherein there is a geometrical difference between each waveguide such that the location light is output from each of the waveguides is displaced in at least two directions with respect to each other, or the location light is input to each of the waveguides is displaced in at least two directions with respect to each other; wherein an aggregate area of the locations light is input to the waveguides corresponds approximately to the shape of the optical input; and wherein an aggregate area of the locations light is output from the waveguides corresponds approximately to a desired shape of optical output, wherein the desired shape of the optical output is different from the shape of the optical input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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