GB1245760A - Apparatus for rotating the plane of polarisation of a linearly polarised radiation - Google Patents

Apparatus for rotating the plane of polarisation of a linearly polarised radiation

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Publication number
GB1245760A
GB1245760A GB52552/68A GB5255268A GB1245760A GB 1245760 A GB1245760 A GB 1245760A GB 52552/68 A GB52552/68 A GB 52552/68A GB 5255268 A GB5255268 A GB 5255268A GB 1245760 A GB1245760 A GB 1245760A
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Prior art keywords
crystals
crystal
linearly polarized
polarization
plates
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GB52552/68A
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English (en)
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Philips Electronics UK Ltd
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Philips Electronic and Associated Industries Ltd
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Priority claimed from NL6715244A external-priority patent/NL6715244A/xx
Priority claimed from NL6810977A external-priority patent/NL6810977A/xx
Application filed by Philips Electronic and Associated Industries Ltd filed Critical Philips Electronic and Associated Industries Ltd
Publication of GB1245760A publication Critical patent/GB1245760A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • 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 
    • G02F1/09—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  based on magneto-optical elements, e.g. exhibiting Faraday effect
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B5/00—Optical elements other than lenses
    • G02B5/30—Polarising elements
    • G02B5/3083—Birefringent or phase retarding elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • 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 
    • G02F1/03—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  based on ceramics or electro-optical crystals, e.g. exhibiting Pockels effect or Kerr effect
    • G02F1/0305—Constructional arrangements
    • G02F1/0322—Arrangements comprising two or more independently controlled crystals

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Polarising Elements (AREA)
GB52552/68A 1967-11-09 1968-11-06 Apparatus for rotating the plane of polarisation of a linearly polarised radiation Expired GB1245760A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NL6715244A NL6715244A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1967-11-09 1967-11-09
NL6810977A NL6810977A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1968-08-01 1968-08-01

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GB1245760A true GB1245760A (en) 1971-09-08

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JP (1) JPS5025344B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
BE (1) BE723535A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CH (1) CH510887A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE1806729A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR1595689A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB1245760A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
SE (1) SE358971B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2184253A (en) * 1985-12-13 1987-06-17 Stc Plc Optical state-of-polarisation modulator
US5005952A (en) * 1987-02-18 1991-04-09 The General Electric Company, P.L.C. Polarization controller
CN1333285C (zh) * 2005-03-25 2007-08-22 清华大学 一种偏振控制器及其应用
CN108363213A (zh) * 2017-01-26 2018-08-03 北京齐瑞德光电科技有限公司 一种基于光纤波片的扰偏器

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2184253A (en) * 1985-12-13 1987-06-17 Stc Plc Optical state-of-polarisation modulator
US5005952A (en) * 1987-02-18 1991-04-09 The General Electric Company, P.L.C. Polarization controller
CN1333285C (zh) * 2005-03-25 2007-08-22 清华大学 一种偏振控制器及其应用
CN108363213A (zh) * 2017-01-26 2018-08-03 北京齐瑞德光电科技有限公司 一种基于光纤波片的扰偏器

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DE1806729A1 (de) 1969-06-26
FR1595689A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1970-06-15
CH510887A (de) 1971-07-31
BE723535A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1969-05-07
SE358971B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1973-08-13
JPS5025344B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1975-08-22

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