WO2003058325A2 - Polarization transformer and polarization mode dispersion compensator - Google Patents
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- WO2003058325A2 WO2003058325A2 PCT/US2002/036413 US0236413W WO03058325A2 WO 2003058325 A2 WO2003058325 A2 WO 2003058325A2 US 0236413 W US0236413 W US 0236413W WO 03058325 A2 WO03058325 A2 WO 03058325A2
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- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
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- G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
- G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
- G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
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- G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
- G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
- G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
- G02F1/0136—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour for the control of polarisation, e.g. state of polarisation [SOP] control, polarisation scrambling, TE-TM mode conversion or separation
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- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
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- H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
- H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
- H04B10/2507—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion
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- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
- H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
- H04B10/2507—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion
- H04B10/2569—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion due to polarisation mode dispersion [PMD]
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EP02806120A EP1461663A2 (en) | 2001-12-31 | 2002-11-14 | Polarization transformer and polarization mode dispersion compensator |
KR10-2004-7010318A KR20040078657A (en) | 2001-12-31 | 2002-11-14 | Polarization Transformer and Polarization Mode Dispersion Compensator |
AU2002356938A AU2002356938A1 (en) | 2001-12-31 | 2002-11-14 | Polarization transformer and polarization mode dispersion compensator |
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US10/036,637 | 2001-12-31 | ||
US10/036,637 US6784416B2 (en) | 2001-12-31 | 2001-12-31 | Polarization transformer and polarization mode dispersion compensator |
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WO2003058325A2 true WO2003058325A2 (en) | 2003-07-17 |
WO2003058325A3 WO2003058325A3 (en) | 2003-10-30 |
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US (1) | US6784416B2 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1461663A2 (en) |
KR (1) | KR20040078657A (en) |
CN (1) | CN100388058C (en) |
AU (1) | AU2002356938A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2003058325A2 (en) |
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