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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark E. Froggatt, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Eric E. Sanborn, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 (2006.01); G02F 1/035 (2006.01); G02B 6/27 (2006.01); G01L 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0353 (2013.01); G02B 6/2766 (2013.01); G02B 6/2786 (2013.01); G01L 1/242 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optical polarization control devices that include two pairs of squeezing plates oriented in mutually perpendicular directions are described. Compressive forces exerted by the two pairs of plates onto an optical fiber can be configured for low polarization mode dispersion. Various methods and systems in which the polarization control devices can be employed are also described.