Patent ID: 9588308
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An optical element with light-splitting function, comprising: a lens component including first, second and third planes disposed to surround and parallel to a reference axis, said first plane being formed with a first collimating unit, a second collimating unit, a third collimating unit, and a fourth collimating unit, said first, second, third and fourth collimating units being mutually spaced apart, said second plane being formed with a fifth collimating unit, and a sixth collimating unit that is spaced apart from said fifth collimating unit, said lens component further including a fourth plane, a fifth plane, a sixth plane and a seventh plane that cooperatively define a groove unit extending along and indented toward said reference axis from said third plane, said fourth and sixth planes extending obliquely relative to said first plane; and a reflecting mirror disposed on said third plane to cover said groove unit and having at least one reflecting plane facing said fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh planes, wherein, when a first light beam incident from said first collimating unit propagates within said lens component along a first optical path to reach said fourth plane, one part of the first light beam is reflected by said fourth plane toward said second collimating unit and propagates along a first monitoring optical path to exit said lens component, and the other part of the first light beam enters, by refraction through said fourth plane, and propagates within said groove unit to be reflected by said reflecting plane of said reflecting mirror, followed by entering, by refraction through said fifth plane, and propagating within said lens component along a second optical path toward said fifth collimating unit to exit said lens component; wherein, when a second light beam incident from said third collimating unit propagates within said lens component along a third optical path to reach said sixth plane, one part of the second light beam is reflected by said sixth plane toward said fourth collimating unit and propagates along a second monitoring optical path to exit said lens component, and the other part of the second light beam enters, by refraction through said sixth plane, and propagates within said groove unit to be reflected by said reflecting plane of said reflecting mirror, followed by entering, by refraction through said seventh plane, and propagating within said lens component along a fourth optical path toward said sixth collimating unit to exit said lens component.