Patent ID: 7661889

Claim:
An optical transmitter assembly for optical communication, the optical transmitter assembly comprising: a. a laser sub-assembly, the laser sub-assembly comprising a plurality of lasers radiating light waves, wherein each light wave is of a different wavelength; b. a multiplexer sub-assembly, the multiplexer sub-assembly being attached to the laser sub-assembly, the multiplexer sub-assembly multiplexing the light waves radiated by the plurality of lasers, wherein the light waves are multiplexed into a multiplexed light wave, the multiplexer sub-assembly comprising: i. a plurality of lenses, the plurality of lenses collimating light waves coming from the plurality of lasers; ii. a plurality of filters, the plurality of filters filtering the collimated light waves; iii. at least one broadband splitter, the at least one broadband splitter combining the filtered light waves; and iv. at least one prism, the at least one prism directing the combined light waves; and c. a receptacle sub-assembly, the receptacle sub-assembly being attached to the multiplexer sub-assembly, the receptacle sub-assembly transmitting the multiplexed light wave coming from the multiplexer sub-assembly.