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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Silicon Light Machines Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Alexander Payne, Ben Lommond, CA (US);
SILICON LIGHT MACHINES CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for spectral shaping of light from a broadband source including multiple wavelengths. The system includes a beam splitter (BS) to receive and transmit an input beam, a dispersive element to disperse the input beam into dispersed beams separated by wavelength, and optic-elements to direct the dispersed beams onto a spatial light modulator (SLM). The SLM selectively modulates the dispersed beams reflected from the SLM, and the optic elements transmit a 0-order of the reflected light through the dispersive element, which recombines the beams to form a reflected beam directed toward the BS. The BS separates the reflected beam from the input beam and directs it to an optical output of the system. The SLM includes multiple electrostatically deflectable reflective ribbons suspended over a reflective surface of a substrate, wherein the ribbons are separated by a distance equal to a width of the ribbons.