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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Gemot Brasen, Mainz, DE;
Christian Laue, Mainz, DE;
Matthias Loeffler, Eisenberg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A polarizing beamsplitter is provided, comprising two wedge-shaped prisms of a birefringent material, the prisms forming a plan-parallel plate, wherein an incident light beam is separated into two partial beams being arranged parallel to the incident beam when emerging from the beamsplitter, the partial beams having a lateral distance with respect to each other, which is continuously changeable.