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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hong-Tai Man, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Joseph Teja, Jr, Edison, NJ (US);
Kazutaka Oba, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Hoechst Celanese Corp., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 11 ; 385130 ; 385132 ; 385142 ; 359494 ;
Abstract
A waveguiding polarizer utilizing a birefringent polymer film cladding layer is disclosed and claimed. The cladding layer may be a spin-coated polyimide, polyarylate, polyaramide or like polymer. Core and cladding layers are selected so that waveguiding conditions are achieved for light of predetermined polarity, for example, a transverse magnetic mode only.