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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:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Grieg A. Olson, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
Abstract
A method of aligning the polarization axis of a polarization maintaining optical fiber to the polarization of a light source comprising passing a well-polarized uniform beam through a polarization maintaining optical fiber; sending the beam through a polarizer; ascertaining the beam with a detector; and rotating the polarization of the beam such that the polarization output is substantially independent of wavelength.