Patent ID: 9467757
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G02B,H04J,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A wavelength selective switch comprising: an input/output unit having a first port group including a first input port and a first output port and a second port group including a second input port and a second output port; a wavelength dispersion element dispersing wavelength multiplexing light in wavelength components; a deflection element deflecting a direction of an incident beam; and an optical system optically coupling the input/output unit, the wavelength dispersion element, and the deflection element along a predetermined axis, wherein the optical system includes an optical component, a first input beam input from the first input port is inclined at a first angle to the predetermined axis and is incident on the optical component, a second input beam input from the second input port is inclined at a second angle to the predetermined axis and is incident on the optical component, positive/negative signs of inclinations of the first angle and the second angle for the predetermined axis are different from each other, an optical axis of the optical component is inclined to the predetermined axis, such that a part of the first input beam is inclined at a third angle to the predetermined axis in the optical component and is reflected and a part of the second input beam is inclined at a fourth angle to the predetermined axis in the optical component and is reflected, the third angle is different from the first angle and the second angle, the fourth angle is different from the first angle and the second angle, and positive/negative signs of inclinations of the third angle and the fourth angle for the predetermined axis are equal to each other, wherein the first and second input beams include first and second polarization components of which polarization surfaces are different from each other, respectively, and the optical component has a polarization separation surface to separate the first and second polarization components, and wherein the optical component is obtained by integrally forming an optical element having the polarization separation surface and a wavelength plate to match the polarization surfaces of the first and second polarization components separated by the polarization separation with each other.