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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2001
Roger L. Jungerman, Petaluma, CA (US);
Randall King, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sampling optical input signal is presented. The apparatus includes a split waveplate for spatially rotating polarization direction of a first portion (for example half, or 50 percent) of the input signal to a first rotated direction and spatially rotating polarization direction of a second portion (for example the other 50 percent) of the input signal to a second rotated direction orthogonal to the first rotated direction. The apparatus further includes a sum frequency generator, for example a PPLN crystal, aligned to the first rotated direction to sample the input signal. The rotation of the two halves of the input signal is achieved using a split half-waveplate.