Fiber optic scanning interferometer using a polarization splitting coupler
CA 2448346 C · Owner: Failes, Michael · Inventors: Failes, Michael
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A fiber optic scanning interferometer in a Michelson arrangement using a polarization splitting coupler is disclosed. The splitting of s and p polarization modes into the fast and slow axes of a birefringent fiber allows the temporal separation of interference phenomena from multiple reflections such that signal recovery is simplified.
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- Filed November 6, 2003 and granted May 15, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 6, 2023.
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