Abstract
The invention concerns a polarization rotator. The inventive polarization rotator comprises an optical coupler (20) comprising a waveguide (27) having at one first end at least a first port configured as an input port (21) for polarized light and a second port configured as an output port (22) for reflected polarized light, said waveguide having a second end opposite to said first end. It further comprises a birefringent waveplate (24) having on one side a reflective surface (26), which waveplate is arranged to receive light from said second end of said waveguide and to reflect light transmitted out from said coupler back into said coupler (20). According to the invention, the waveplate is further configured to cause said birefringent material to rotate the polarization of said reflected light, which amount of rotation depends on an angle of rotation (R) of said birefringent waveplate (34) with respect to said optical coupler (20).
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| Original language | English |
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| Patent number | FI20195362 |
| IPC | G02F 1/ 01 A I |
| Priority date | 3/05/19 |
| Publication status | Published - 4 Nov 2020 |
| MoE publication type | H1 Granted patent |