Patent ID: 6658180
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
An optical processor for parallel optical processing of optical beams, and the optical processor comprising:a first lens system exhibiting first focal points; a second lens system exhibiting second focal points, and said second lens system spaced apart from said first lens system along a central axis in a substantially confocal configuration with respect to one another; an optical processing unit (OPU) located between said first and said second lens system; and a first termination and a second termination of optical fibers displaced from one another along the central axis outside said first and said second lens systems and with each of said second termination and said first termination including opposing ones of pairs of optical fibers with each pair providing two port access to said OPU, and with each of said first termination and said second termination offset from the corresponding focal points of said first lens system and said second lens system in a first direction along the central axis to reduce feedback of spurious reflection within the optical processor.