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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas J Frigo, Washington, DC (US);
Anthony Dandridge, Alexandria, VA (US);
Alan B Tveten, Fort Washington, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356345 ; 356351 ; 250225 ;
Abstract
A passive device for reducing polarization fading in interferometers with significantly degrading the signal-to-noise ratio. In one embodiment, light from an interferometer output is passed through a lens to a polarization mask. The polarization mask comprises at least three distinct polarizers which pass distinct states of polarization. After passing through the polarizers each independently polarized signal is detected, demodulated and passed to a means for signal extraction.