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Layered structure for a tile wave plate assembly

US7548370B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 2004
Grant dateJun 16, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B27/72
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for polarizing an incident light beam. In embodiments, a tile wave plate assembly is provided. The tile wave plate includes a layered structure having a substrate plate and two layers of mosaic tiles. The layers of the apparatus are mechanically separated to form a controlled gap spacing. The mosaic tiles can be configured to form a pseudo or true zero order wave plate.

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