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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
James E. Morris, Charlotte, NC (US);
James E. Morris, Charlotte, NC (US);
DigitalOptics Corporation East, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A triplexer including an optics block including a first port configured to receive a first light beam at a first wavelength and a second light beam at a second wavelength, and a second port configured to receive a third light beam at a third wavelength, a bounce cavity between the first and second ports, the bounce cavity being formed by opposing reflective elements adjacent respective surfaces of the optics block, a first grating opposite the first port, the first grating receiving all three light beams at substantially a same location thereon, the first grating configured to provide the first and second light beams to the bounce cavity and the third light beam to the first port, and a second grating opposite the second port, the second grating receiving the first and second light beams at spatially separated portions thereon.