CA2328277A1 - Functional device based on focusing-concave gratings for multi-wavelength channel manipulation - Google Patents

Functional device based on focusing-concave gratings for multi-wavelength channel manipulation Download PDF

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CA2328277A1
CA2328277A1 CA002328277A CA2328277A CA2328277A1 CA 2328277 A1 CA2328277 A1 CA 2328277A1 CA 002328277 A CA002328277 A CA 002328277A CA 2328277 A CA2328277 A CA 2328277A CA 2328277 A1 CA2328277 A1 CA 2328277A1
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Val N. Morozov
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An optical device is described. In one embodiment, the optical device includes first and second concave diffraction gratings, first and second concentrators, first and second sets of fibers, and an array of optical elements. The first concave diffraction grating reflects light from an input beam into multiple light waves of different wavelengths focused at spatially separate locations. The first concentrator has a first set of light guiding channels to transfer the light waves. The first set of fibers is optically coupled to the first set of light guiding channels. The array of optical elements include s optical elements that have at least one input and at least one output. Such inputs of each optical element in the array is coupled to one of the first set of light guiding channels. The second set of fibers is optically coupled to outputs of optical elements in the array. The second concentrator has a second set of light guiding channels.
Each of the second set of light guiding channels is optically coupled to a distinct fiber in the second set of fibers. The second concave diffraction grating reflects light from the second concentrator into a single light beam focused at an output fiber.
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