Multiple port, fiber optic circulator

Optical waveguides – Polarization without modulation

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

359484, G02B 600

Patent

active

061545813

ABSTRACT:
A reflective circulator includes a birefringent splitting and combining element, a non-reciprocal polarization rotator, and birefringent translating element. Some embodiments of the circulator include an inverting reflector. The circulator can be scaled to have a large number of ports arranged in a one dimensional array or in a two dimensional pattern, such as an array.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4272159 (1981-06-01), Matsumoto
patent: 4294509 (1981-10-01), Nagao
patent: 4464022 (1984-08-01), Emkey
patent: 4482202 (1984-11-01), Nagao
patent: 4762384 (1988-08-01), Hegarty et al.
patent: 4988170 (1991-01-01), Buhrer
patent: 4991938 (1991-02-01), Buhrer et al.
patent: 5204771 (1993-04-01), Koga
patent: 5212586 (1993-05-01), Van Delden
patent: 5319483 (1994-06-01), Krasinski et al.
patent: 5471340 (1995-11-01), Cheng et al.
patent: 5574596 (1996-11-01), Cheng
patent: 5588078 (1996-12-01), Cheng et al.
patent: 5642447 (1997-06-01), Pan et al.
patent: 5682446 (1997-10-01), Pan et al.
patent: 5689593 (1997-11-01), Pan et al.
patent: 5729377 (1998-03-01), Bergmann
patent: 5923472 (1999-07-01), Bergmann
patent: 6026202 (2000-02-01), Chang
Shiraishi, Polarization--Independent In-Line Optical Isolator with Lens-Free Configuration, Dec. 10, 1992, No. 12, New York, US, pp. 1839-1842.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Multiple port, fiber optic circulator does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Multiple port, fiber optic circulator, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Multiple port, fiber optic circulator will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1733953

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.