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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for providing multiport free-space wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) device using a prism
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Application No.: US15598244Application Date: 2017-05-17
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Publication No.: US09989706B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Xuefeng Yue
- Applicant: OPTIWORKS, INC.
- Applicant Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Assignee: OW Holding Inc.
- Current Assignee: OW Holding Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KY Grand Cayman
- Agency: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: G02B6/293
- IPC: G02B6/293 ; G02B6/34

Abstract:
A multiport free-space wavelength division multiplexing (“WDM”) device is capable of handling multiple optical signals carried in multiple wavelengths (“λn”) using a prism. The WDM device includes an input collimator, prism, and optical filter. The input collimator receives an optical beam containing multiple wavelengths λn traveling through free-space. The prism uses at least two (2) surfaces to generate a first optical beam which travels in opposite direction of the optical beam. The optical filter is situated at a predefined angle with respect to the interface surface of the prism for facilitating frequency separation as well as extracts a first wavelength (“λ1”) from λn to form a first light signal with λ1 and form a second optical beam with the remaining wavelengths of λn. A collimator is used to guide the first light signal to a port.
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