Abstract: A process comprising forming fibers having at least a first region and a second region wherein the first region comprises an ethylene/alpha olefin interpolymer composition characterized by: density in the range of 0.930 to 0.965 g/cm3; melt index (I2) in the range of from 10 to 60 g/10 minutes; molecular weight distribution in the range of from 1.5 to 2.6; tan delta at 1 radian/second of at least 45; a low temperature peak and a high temperature peak on an elution profile via improved comonomer composition distribution (ICCD) procedure; and full width at half maximum of the high temperature peak is less than 6.0° C. and stretching the fibers to an elongation of at least 20% thereby increasing curl of the fiber. The process may further include forming a non-woven from the fibers and the stretching of the fibers may occur before or after forming of the non-woven.

Abstract: A beam splitting device for laser field is useful to spatially separate a laser beam created in the process of frequency doubling or three-wave mixing, into sub-beams according to wavelength and polarization state. The device has an optical retarder for wavelength-selective polarization rotation of the laser light, followed by a Wollaston prism and optionally a dual wedge prism to create parallel spatially separated sub-beams. Alternatively, two Wollaston prisms can be arranged to create two parallel spatially separated beams after the polarization rotation.