Patents Assigned to Pirelli & C. Societa per Azioni
  • Integrated optic polarization converter based on structural chirality
    Patent number: 7228015
    Abstract: An integrated optic polarization converter includes a plurality of core layers used to approximate a gradually twisted waveguide and therein adiabatically transform a propagating mode from an initial polarization state to a different final polarization state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pirelli & C. Societa per Azioni
    Inventors: Michael R. Watts, Eleanor L. Haus, legal representative, Matteo Cherchi, Hermann A. Haus, deceased