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Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1992

Filed:

Jul. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Itsuo Takanashi, Kamakura, JP;

Shintaro Nakagaki, Miura, JP;

Ichiro Negishi, Yokosuka, JP;

Tetsuji Suzuki, Yokosuka, JP;

Fujiko Tatsumi, Yokohama, JP;

Ryusaku Takahashi, Yokosuka, JP;

Keiichi Maeno, Yokosuka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359256 ; 359495 ; 359496 ;
Abstract

There is provided a polarization converter for producing a beam of linearly polarized light from a randomly polarized light. The randomly polarized light is separated into a first polarized light which is projected in a first predetermined direction and a second polarized light having a predetermined angular relationship with the first polarized light. The second polarized light is converted into a third polarized light a polarization of which is identical to that of the first polarized light. By providing a predetermined two-dimensional positional relationship between the first and third polarized lights, the beam of linearly polarized light is produced and advanced on the outside of the converter in a second predetermined direction.


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