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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2017
Applicant:

Quantum Valley Investment Fund Lp, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Dusan Sarenac, Waterloo, CA;

David G. Cory, Branchton, CA;

Dmitry A. Pushin, Toronto, CA;

Joachim Nsofini, Waterloo, CA;

Ian Hincks, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02B 5/04 (2006.01); G02B 5/08 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/3083 (2013.01); G02B 5/04 (2013.01); G02B 5/0883 (2013.01); G02B 5/20 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12116 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a general aspect, optical beams are manipulated. In some cases, an optical device includes an inlet to receive a first beam, and one or more prism pairs. Each prism pair includes one or more birefringent gradients configured to transform the first beam into a second beam. The second beam is associated with a lattice of cells, where each cell includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is associated with a first orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode and a first polarization, and the second portion is associated with a second OAM mode and a second polarization.


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