JP2020509410A - 波長選択スイッチで使用するためのトロイダルマイクロレンズアレイ - Google Patents
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- 光デバイスであって、
光ビームを受容するための複数の光ポートと、
該光ポートのうちの対応する1つから前記光ビームのうちの1つをそれぞれ受容する、複数のトーリックマイクロレンズと、
分散平面で前記光ビームを複数の波長成分に空間的に分離するための分散素子と、
前記複数の波長成分を集束させるための少なくとも1つの集束素子と、
集束された複数の波長成分を受容するためのプログラマブル光位相変調器であって、前記波長成分を前記光学ポートのうちの既定されたものに選択的に方向付けるように構成されたプログラマブル光位相変調器と、を備え、トーリックレンズは、ポート平面で前記光ビームに正の出力と、前記ポート平面に直交する平面で前記光ビームに負の光出力と、を付与する、光デバイス。 - 前記トーリックレンズが、非球面トーリックレンズである、請求項1に記載の光デバイス。
- 前記トーリックマイクロレンズが、前記直交方向の前記光ビームのビームウェストが前記トーリックマイクロレンズの焦点距離を超えて投影されるように、前記光ビームがそれぞれ受容される前記光ポートに対して位置付けられる、請求項1に記載の光デバイス。
- 前記光学ポートのそれぞれが、光ファイバを含む、請求項1に記載の光デバイス。
- 前記プログラマブル光位相変調器が、液晶ベースの位相変調器を含む、請求項1に記載の光デバイス。
- 前記液晶ベースの位相変調器が、LCoSデバイスである、請求項5に記載の光デバイス。
- 前記分散素子が、回折格子及びプリズムからなる群から選択される、請求項1に記載の光デバイス。
- 光発射装置であって、
光ファイバのアレイと、
マイクロレンズのアレイであって、前記マイクロレンズのそれぞれは、光レンズのうちの1つと位置合わせされて、それぞれのマイクロレンズと、それが位置合わせされている前記対応する光ファイバとの間で光ビームを結合し、それぞれのマイクロレンズは、直交平面内のビームウェストとは異なるサイズのビームウェストを1つの平面内に有するように、光ビームに通過させるトーリックレンズである、マイクロレンズのアレイと、を備える、光発射装置。 - 前記トーリックレンズが、非球面トーリックレンズである、請求項8に記載の光発射装置。
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