Optical polarization beam combiner
US7006287B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2004 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B27/283
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical polarization beam combiner includes a polarization beam displacer or a birefringent crystal that is provided with a deflecting edge having two slant deflecting faces. The deflecting edge economically replaces for the wedged crystals of the prior art to modify the transmission directions of the incidental and/or emerging light beams.
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