Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconfigurable diffractive optical switch and method for operating the same
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Application No.: US15249792Application Date: 2016-08-29
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Publication No.: US09726827B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Pierre Alexandre Blanche , Nasser N. Peyghambarian , Brittany Lynn
- Applicant: Pierre Alexandre Blanche , Nasser N. Peyghambarian , Brittany Lynn
- Applicant Address: US AZ Tucson
- Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- Current Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Tucson
- Agency: Quarles & Brady LLP
- Agent Yakov S. Sidorin
- Main IPC: G02B6/35
- IPC: G02B6/35

Abstract:
Optical switch based on a micro-minor device such as a DMD configured to simultaneously switch light from N inputs to M outputs with switching times of about 10 microseconds, where N and M are generally greater than one. The minors of the device are oriented according to a pattern calculated based on a Fourier Transform of spatial distribution of M outputs such as to form, in diffraction of light incident on the device, and diffraction light pattern that in the output plane is substantially congruent with the spatial distribution of M outputs. The device can be configured as a modulator of amplitude and/or a modulator of phase of incident light wavefront.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170052324A1 RECONFIGURABLE DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL SWITCH Public/Granted day:2017-02-23
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