G02B 6/2937
In line lens-filtering-lens devices, i.e. elements arranged along a line and mountable
Official title: {In line lens-filtering-lens devices, i.e. elements arranged along a line and mountable in a cylindrical package for compactness, e.g. 3- port device with GRIN lenses sandwiching a single filter operating at normal incidence in a tubular package}
G02B6/2937 (In line lens-filtering-lens devices, i.e. elements arranged along a line and mountable) appears on 299 US grants and 191 published applications in this corpus.
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By later US patents
- High reflection isolation optical devices and the method for making the same357US 7,289,733 B1Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. · 2007
- Grin lensed optical device108US 5,790,314 AJDS Fitel Inc. · 1998
- Unidirectional amplification for bi-directional transmission using wavelength-division multiplexing99US 5,452,124 AWilliams Telecommunications Group, Inc. · 1995
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- Frequency sorter, and frequency locker for monitoring frequency shift of radiation source76US 6,005,995 ADicon Fiberoptics, Inc. · 1999