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Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999

Filed:

Apr. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yi-Jen Tsou, Taipei, TW;

Cheng-Wei Chu, Taipei Hsien, TW;

Fang-Chuan Ho, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359495 ; 359497 ; 359498 ;
Abstract

A multilayer thin-film broad-band polarizing beam-splitter which can split an unpolarized beam into two orthogonal linearly polarized beams with high extinction ratios is provided. The fabrication method comprises: (1) selecting a right-angle prism, having an isosceles triangular cutoff plane; (2) depositing broad-band polarized multilayer thin-film on an internal slope of the right-angle prism; (3) cementing and UV-curing a coated right-angle prism with an uncoated right-angle prism to form a cube-shaped polarizing beam-splitter; (4) properly determining the orientation of the polarization plane of the cube-shaped polarizing beam-splitter; (5) identifying the multi-stage assembly designs that are responsible for beam being incident and emerging; (6) adding anti-reflecting coatings to the relevant faces of the cube-shaped polarizing beam-splitters; and (7) cementing and UV-curing these cube-shaped polarizing beam-splitters.


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