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US 2003/0152113 A1Published application
Optoelectronic assembly for multiplexing and/or demultiplexing optical signals
AssigneeFinisar Corporation
InventorJorg-Reinhardt Kropp
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Abstract
An optoelectronic assembly multiplexes and/or demultiplexes optical signals. The assembly includes a monolithic multiplexer for multiplexing and demultiplexing optical signals, and two optical imaging systems for coupling light beams in or coupling them out of the multiplexer. The first optical imaging system is integrated in a single-channel interface and/or the second optical imaging system is integrated in a multi-channel interface, and at least one interface is directly linked with the multiplexer.
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An optoelectronic assembly for multiplexing and demultiplexing optical signals, comprising:
- a monolithic multiplexing member for multiplexing and demultiplexing optical signals;
- a first optical imaging system for coupling light beams of an optical channel with a multiplicity of wavelengths into and out of said multiplexing member;
- a second optical imaging system for coupling light beams of a plurality of optical channels each having one wavelength into and out of said multiplexing member;
- at least one of said first optical imaging system and said second optical imaging system being integrated into an interface member, said interface member being a single-channel interface member when integrating said first optical imaging system, and said interference member being a multichannel interface member when integrating said second optical imaging system, said interface member being connected directly to said multiplexing member;
- an optical element;
- optically transparent sealing compound optically coupling directly said interface member to said optical element and containing an optical path between said interface member and said optical element.
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