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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2005
Burak Temelkuran, Boston, MA (US);
Charalambos Anastassiou, Malden, MA (US);
David Torres, Stoughton, MA (US);
Gil Shapira, Brookline, MA (US);
Max Shurgalin, Lexington, MA (US);
Gregor Dellemann, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ori Weisberg, Cambridge, MA (US);
Steven A. Jacobs, Needham, MA (US);
Tairan Wang, Waltham, MA (US);
Uri Kolodny, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert Payne, Wellesley, MA (US);
Yoel Fink, Brookline, MA (US);
Gokhan Ulu, Roslindale, MA (US);
Burak Temelkuran, Boston, MA (US);
Charalambos Anastassiou, Malden, MA (US);
David Torres, Stoughton, MA (US);
Gil Shapira, Brookline, MA (US);
Max Shurgalin, Lexington, MA (US);
Gregor Dellemann, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ori Weisberg, Cambridge, MA (US);
Steven A. Jacobs, Needham, MA (US);
Tairan Wang, Waltham, MA (US);
Uri Kolodny, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert Payne, Wellesley, MA (US);
Yoel Fink, Brookline, MA (US);
Gokhan Ulu, Roslindale, MA (US);
OmniGuide, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the invention features apparatus that include an assembly including a radiation input port configured to receive radiation from a radiation source and an output port configured to couple the radiation to a photonic crystal fiber, the assembly further including a retardation element positioned to modify a polarization state of the radiation received from the radiation source before it is coupled to the photonic crystal fiber.