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US 11,892,664 B2Granted
Stepped structure optical filter
AssigneeViavi Solutions Inc.
InventorsWilliam D. Houck, Steven Saxe
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Abstract
A filter may include a substrate. The filter may include a stepped medium disposed on the substrate. The filter may include a first mirror disposed on the stepped medium. The first mirror may form a stepped mirror surface. Each step, of the stepped mirror surface may correspond to a channel, of a set of channels, of the filter. The filter may include a spacer disposed on the stepped mirror surface. The filter may include a second mirror disposed on another surface of the spacer.
Claims20
A filter comprising:
- a stepped medium comprising:
- a first pillar forming a first channel, and
- a second pillar forming a second channel,
- the second channel being inactive;
- a mirror disposed on the stepped medium;
- and
- a monolithic spacer disposed on at least a portion of a stepped surface of the mirror.
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A filter comprising:
- a stepped medium comprising:
- a first pillar forming a particular channel, of a plurality of channels of the filter, and disposed at a first outer edge of the filter, and
- a second pillar forming the particular channel and disposed at a second outer edge of the filter;
- and
- a monolithic spacer disposed at least in part between the first pillar and the second pillar.
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A filter comprising:
- a stepped medium comprising:
- a first pillar forming a first channel, and
- a second pillar forming a second channel;
- a mirror disposed on the stepped medium,
- wherein the mirror includes one or more of:
- a metal mirror layer, or
- a dielectric mirror layer;
- and
- a monolithic spacer disposed above one or more of the first pillar or the second pillar,
- the monolithic spacer being at least one of:
- a gaseous spacer, or
- a liquid spacer.
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A filter comprising:
- a stepped medium comprising:
- a first pillar forming a first channel, and
- a second pillar forming a second channel;
- a monolithic spacer disposed above one or more of the first pillar or the second pillar,
- the monolithic spacer being at least one of:
- a gaseous spacer, or
- a liquid spacer;
- a mirror disposed on the stepped medium;
- and
- a substrate deposited over the mirror.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.