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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rudolf Kompfner, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Research Development Corporation, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9619 ; 350-361 ; 350-37 ; 350-377 ; 3501 / ;
Abstract
An optical system comprises two arrays of optical devices and means for making individual optical connections each of which involves the passage of light between a specific device of an array and a specific device of the other array, said means comprising at least one phase grating plate in which there are formed a series of volume phase gratings, all the phase gratings being of the reflecting type, and the arrangement being such that said individual connections are respectively made via different phase gratings in at least one phase grating plate.