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Polarization converter and circuit elements for use in optical waveguides

  • US 4,153,328 A
  • Filed: 05/13/1974
  • Issued: 05/08/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An optical waveguide gyrator, a first mode converter, a second mode converter selected to form a complementary pair with said first converter, means forming an optical waveguide interconnecting said converter, a first optical waveguide pair forming a branched input to said first mode converter and constructed and arranged for selectively propagating TE waves in one branch and TM waves in the other branch, and a second optical waveguide pair forming a branched output from said second mode converter and constructed and arranged for propagating TE waves in one branch and TM waves in the other branch.

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