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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Materion Corporation, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Kevin R. Downing, Westford, MA (US);
Michael J. Tatarek, Westford, MA (US);
MATERION CORPORATION, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed comprising an optical filter array including an array of optical filter elements; wherein each optical filter element has opposing mutually parallel principal faces connected by sidewalls including at least one pair of opposing trapezoidal sidewalls and at least one pair of opposing sidewalls that are not mutually parallel; and wherein the opposing mutually parallel principal faces of the filter elements collectively define optical entrance and exit apertures of the optical filter array and include interference filters. Further disclosed is a method of illuminating such a filter array.