Optical: systems and elements – Polarization without modulation – Polarization using a time invariant electric – magnetic – or...
Patent
1990-03-05
1991-10-01
Arnold, Bruce Y.
Optical: systems and elements
Polarization without modulation
Polarization using a time invariant electric, magnetic, or...
359500, G02F 109
Patent
active
050527860
ABSTRACT:
A method of manufacturing a Faraday isolator which is wavelength-independent over an extended predetermined range of wavelengths and provides high isolation over the extended wavelength range.
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Arnold Bruce Y.
Lerner Martin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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