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Method for producing a polarization converter, polarization converter and polarization converter element

US11156777B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

Moritz Baier · Berlin, DE
Francisco SOARES · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 26, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/105
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

It is provided a method for producing a polarization converter The method comprising the following steps: producing a first converter element which has a base side, an upper side extending parallel to the base side, and a longitudinal side oriented obliquely at an angle ε1 to the base side or a curved longitudinal side; producing a second converter element which has a base side, an upper side extending parallel to the base side, and a longitudinal side oriented obliquely at an angle ε2 to the base side or a curved longitudinal side; arranging the first and the second converter element in series in such a way that the obliquely oriented or curved longitudinal sides point in opposite directions.

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