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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
Applicants:
Kenneth R. Wildnauer, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Ian Hardcastle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas L. Mikes, Ashby, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth R. Wildnauer, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Ian Hardcastle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Thomas L. Mikes, Ashby, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The tunable optical filter includes an elastic substrate, a diffractive element in the elastic substrate, an actuator for stretching the elastic substrate to control the pitch of the diffractive element, a first optical path and a second optical path. The diffractive element optically couples the second optical path to the first optical path at an optical frequency determined by the pitch of the diffractive element.