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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1999
Bahman Taheri, Hudson, OH (US);
Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent, OH (US);
AlphaMicron, Inc., Kent, OH (US);
Abstract
A splicing asymmetric reflective array (,) for combining at least two input beams (,) into a combined output (,). The arrays include a plurality of substantially reflecting, adjacently positioned layers (,). Each layer (,) has substantially the same width (,) and substantially the same thickness (,) while having a different height dimension (,). A collective entry portion (,) is formed by the adjacent layers' width and thickness dimensions, wherein at least two input beams are directed into and received therein. A collective exit portion (,) is formed by the adjacent layers' height dimensions, wherein the height dimensions are monotonically increasing. A cascade array (,) incorporating the array,and reduced size arrays (,and,) may be used to combine more than two input beams into one. A three-dimensional array (,), which alters the slope of each layer's height dimension, can be used to combine four input beams (,) into one output beam (,).