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Optical fiber having in-line polarization filter

US4606605A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1984
Grant dateAug 19, 1986
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/2766
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device using a birefringent optical fiber having periodic integral perturbations with the period equal to the birefringence beat length being useful as, for example, a polarization rotator and an optical filter.

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