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Device and method for an optical tunable polarization interface filter

US7196847B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 19, 2003
Grant dateMar 27, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2203/055
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The tuner has constituent component for constructing a tunable or switchable spectral filter, including single and multiple stage filters and fitters without intermediate polarizer, over a wavelength range. It has elements arranged in cascade along a light beam axis including a dispersive polarization rotator that has its rotation angle ρ(λ) varying as a function of light wavelength lambda over the wavelength range.

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