Bidirectional filter
AssigneeLumentum Operations LLC
InventorAdrian Perrin Janssen
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Abstract
A bidirectional optical device includes a first optical component, wherein a portion of a first interface of the first optical component has a reflector coating, wherein a second interface of the first optical component has an optical coating, and wherein the first optical component includes an internal splitting interface disposed between the first interface and the second interface, and a second optical component including a reflector aligned to the second interface of the first optical component, wherein the first optical component and the second optical component comprise an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer.
Claims20
A bidirectional optical device, comprising:
- a first optical component comprising a first solid material,
- wherein a portion of a first interface at a planar surface of the first optical component has a reflector coating,
- wherein another portion of the first interface at the planar surface is not covered by the reflector coating,
- wherein a second interface of the first optical component has an optical coating, and
- wherein the first optical component includes an internal splitting interface disposed between the first interface and the second interface;
- and
- a second optical component comprising a second solid material and including a reflector aligned to the second interface of the first optical component,
- wherein the first optical component and the second optical component comprise an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer, and
- wherein the first optical component and the second optical component are separated by an air gap.
A bidirectional optical device, comprising:
- a first optical component comprising a first solid material,
- wherein a portion of a first interface at a planar surface of the first optical component has a reflector coating,
- wherein another portion of the first interface at the planar surface is not covered by the reflector coating,
- wherein a second interface of the first optical component has an anti-reflectance coating, and
- wherein the first optical component includes a set of internal splitting interfaces disposed between the first interface and the second interface, and
- a set of second optical components each comprising a respective second solid material and including a corresponding set of reflectors,
- wherein the first optical component and the set of second optical components comprises a three-port unbalanced Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer, and
- wherein the first optical component and the set of second optical components are separated by an air gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.