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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2003
Paul Szczepanek, Middletown, CT (US);
John A. Moon, Wallingford, CT (US);
Alan D. Kersey, S. Glastonbury, CT (US);
James S. Sirkis, Wallingford, CT (US);
James R. Dunphy, S. Glastonbury, CT (US);
Joseph Pinto, Wallingford, CT (US);
Christian O'keefe, Durham, CT (US);
Michael A. Davis, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Paul Szczepanek, Middletown, CT (US);
John A. Moon, Wallingford, CT (US);
Alan D. Kersey, S. Glastonbury, CT (US);
James S. Sirkis, Wallingford, CT (US);
James R. Dunphy, S. Glastonbury, CT (US);
Joseph Pinto, Wallingford, CT (US);
Christian O'Keefe, Durham, CT (US);
Michael A. Davis, Glastonbury, CT (US);
CiDRA Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US);
Abstract
A reconfigurable multifunctional optical device has an optical arrangement for receiving an optical signal, each having optical bands or channels, and a spatial light modulator for reflecting the at least one optical signal provided thereon. The optical arrangement features a free optics configuration with a light dispersion element for spreading each optical signal into one or more respective optical bands or channels for performing separate optical functions on each optical signal. The spatial light modulator includes a micro-mirror device with an array of micro-mirrors, and the respective optical bands or channels reflect off respective micro-mirrors. The free optics configuration includes a common set of optical components for performing each separate optical function on each optical signal. The separate optical functions reflect off separate non-overlapping areas on the spatial light modulator. The separate optical functions include optical switching, conditioning or monitoring functions.