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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Santec Corporation, Komaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
Abstract
In order to realize an optical attenuator which has an attenuation factor independent of the wavelength of incident light, a glass substrate is used in an attenuator plate, and the glass substrate is formed in a tapered section so that its incident and exit planes may not be parallel to each other. On one side thereof, a metal film corresponding to the attenuation factor is formed. Also one side of the glass substrate is covered with an antireflection coating for canceling the wavelength dependence of the metal film. Thereby ripple of attenuation factor due to wavelength can be eliminated, and the wavelength dependence may be minimized.