Patent ID: 7113684

Claim:
A right angle optical splitter, comprising a single-piece hollow tube; said tube having an intersection including a first bending point and a second bending point; said tube having a first reflection section positioned at a first 45° reflection angle across from said first bending point and a second reflection section positioned at a second 45° reflection angle across from said second bending point, said first and second reflection sections dividing said tube into an input section with an input port, a first output section with a first output port, and a second output section with a second output port; said input and output ports being open such that said input port, said first output port, and said second output port have respective hexagonal cross-sections that are substantially the same as respective cross-sections of said input section and said first and second output sections, said hexagonal cross-section homogenizing a light beam entering said input port; said tube having an inside surface with a highly reflective coating such that said light beam directly received by said input port is reflected off said first and said second reflection sections towards said respective first and said second output port such that said homogenization of said light beam is maintained while passing through said tube, said first and second output ports directly coupling said light beam into respective first and second transmitting devices.