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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1992
Akihiro Masuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Ikuo Maeda, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideaki Yuri, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoichi Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Fuji Electrochemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A non-reciprocal unit and a parallel-surfaced flat birefringent plate are provided between incident side and outgoing side fiber collimators. The non-reciprocal unit is formed by disposing two tapered birefrigent plates, one on each side of a 45.degree. Faraday rotator consisting of a cylindrical permanent magnet and a magneto-optical element housed in the magnet. The optical axes of the parallel-surfaced flat birefringent plate and adjacent tapered birefringent plate are staggered from each other by 90.degree.. The thickness of the parallel-surfaces birefringent plate is set equal to the sum of the thicknesses of the two tapered birefringent plates.