The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 26, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Elyahou Kapon, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Communications Research, Inc., Livingston, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9612 ; 350 9614 ;
Abstract
A polarizing optical waveguide comprising a birefringent core surrounded by an isotropic medium wherein the dielectric constant of the birefrigent medium is .epsilon..sub.TE for the plane of polarization parallel to the surface of the medium and .epsilon..sub.TM for the plane of polarization perpendiuclar to this surface and the dielectric constant of the isotropic medium is .epsilon..sub.i. In order to selectively confine the TE mode, the relationship between the dielectric constants is .epsilon..sub.TM <.epsilon..sub.i <.epsilon..sub.TE.