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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2004
Applicant:
George Panotopoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
George Panotopoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention involve separating the collimating function and tilting function into two separate optical elements. The separation increases tolerance to misalignment and simplifies the fabrication of the MUXes.