Patents Assigned to Uniphase Telecommunciations Products, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6493473
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing endless transformation of the polarization of light. A polarization splitter splits light having an input polarization into beams having substantially orthogonal polarizations. The beams are provided as substantially copolarized to a pair of optical waveguides which are selectively optically coupled. Electrodes apply selected electric fields to the optical waveguides for providing transformation of the input polarization to a selected output polarization. The outputs of the optical waveguides are provided as substantially orthogonally polarized to a combiner for providing a beam of output light having the selected output polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Uniphase Telecommunciations Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward L. Wooten