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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:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Michael R. Watts, Hingham, MA (US);
Eleanor L. Haus, Legal Representative, Lexington, MA (US);
Matteo Cherchi, Lecco, IT;
Inventors:
Michael R. Watts, Hingham, MA (US);
Eleanor L. Haus, legal representative, Lexington, MA (US);
Matteo Cherchi, Lecco, IT;
Assignees:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Pirelli & C. Societa per Azioni, Milan, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated optic polarization converter includes a plurality of core layers used to approximate a gradually twisted waveguide and therein adiabatically transform a propagating mode from an initial polarization state to a different final polarization state.