Optical waveguides – Polarization without modulation
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-30
2007-10-30
Doan, Jennifer (Department: 2874)
Optical waveguides
Polarization without modulation
C385S001000, C385S002000, C385S003000, C359S483010
Reexamination Certificate
active
10950483
ABSTRACT:
A waveguide for use in polarization mode converters and polarization modulators using extrinsic strain to prerotate the principal axes and control birefringence is disclosed herein. The invention relates to the orienting of principal propagation axes in an optical waveguide by pre-stressing the waveguide, using an extrinsic stress, to re-orient the principal propagation axes from an unstressed orientation to a substantially ideal orientation. The waveguide is preferably stressed by an extrinsic strain inducer which applies a shear force to the waveguide to induce anisometry in the waveguide structure.
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Bull Jeffrey D.
Jaeger Nicolas August Fleming
Kato Hiroshi
Seniuk David Rolland Blaine
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Doan Jennifer
Measures Jeffrey M.
Versawave Technologies Inc.
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