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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2023
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Positioned between first and second planes of a volume are one or more optical elements. Light-impeding structures absorb light, reflect light, or both. Each light-impeding structure in a first set: intersects the first (and second) plane with a first (and second) cross-sectional shape, comprises a first (and second) maximum cross-sectional length equal to the length of the longest line between two maximally separated points of the first (and second) cross-sectional shape, and is separated from nearest neighboring light-impeding structures in the first set by a distance no larger than four times the length of the first maximum cross-sectional length or four times the length of the second maximum cross-sectional length. Light propagation through one or more points is impeded, such that any line that intersects at least one of the points, is entirely within the volume, and traverses through the first set, intersects at least one light-impeding structure.