Waveguide polarization beam splitters and method of fabricating a waveguide wire-grid polarization beam splitter
US7486845B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 11, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B2006/1215
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method in effectuating the redirection of light which is propagated within a waveguide, and which eliminates the necessity for a bending of the waveguide, or the drawbacks encountered in directional changes in propagated light involving the need for sharp curves of essentially small-sized radii, which would resultingly lead to excessive losses in light. In this connection, the method relates to the fabricating and the provision of a wire-grid polarization beam splitter within an optical waveguide, which utilizes a diblock copolymer template to formulate the wire-grid.
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