Patent ID: 8515226

Claim:
An optical combiner/divider for combining or dividing multiple differing optical signals from one common input/output port to numerous independent input/output ports comprising: a hollow optical hub having an interior surface that is reflective; said hollow optical hub having a common optical input/output port allowing optical connection from outside said hollow optical hub to inside said hollow optical hub; said hollow optical hub having 2 or more independent optical input/output ports allowing optical connection from outside said hollow optical hub to inside said hollow optical hub; and, said 2 or more independent optical input/output ports and said common optical input/output port being aligned on said hollow optical hub such that light entering from said common optical input/output port or one of said 2 or more independent optical input/output ports must first strike directly on said reflective interior surface of said hollow optical hub before any other reflecting or exiting out of another of said common optical input/output port or 2 or more independent optical input/output ports.