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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Ii-vi Incorporated, Saxonburg, PA (US);
Inventors:
Ian Peter McClean, Brixham, GB;
Nadhum Kadhum Zayer, Newton Abbot, GB;
Assignee:
II-VI INCORPORATED, Saxonburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/30 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/094073 (2013.01); H01S 3/094096 (2013.01); H01S 3/302 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light source assembly () for emitting depolarized light, and comprising: at least one light source () configured to emit substantially polarized light; and a light depolarizer () arranged to receive light from the light source and comprising a high birefringence optical fiber having a longitudinal core and orthogonal birefringent axes having an angular displacement around the core that varies along the length of the fiber, wherein light emitted from the depolarizer comprises a plurality of polarization states.