Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm S. Grant Houston
  • Patent number: 6618199
    Abstract: A Fabry-Perot filter has at least two mirror structures defining a resonant cavity. This filter is tunable by modulating an optical distance between the mirror structures. To accommodate a wide bandwidth of operation or accommodate two spectral bands, the mirror structures are made from two stacked, single-band mirrors. In more detail, the mirror structures comprise a substrate; a first mirror is deposited on the substrate, with an index matching coating between the substrate and the first mirror. The second mirror is stacked on the first mirror. The mirrors are symmetric relative to each other, such that the index of a first mirror in the second spectral band has an effective index of about one. In contrast, the second mirror has an effective index of about one in the first spectral band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Axsun Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher C. Cook