G02F 1/0136
For the control of polarisation
Official title: {for the control of polarisation, e.g. state of polarisation [SOP] control, polarisation scrambling, TE-TM mode conversion or separation (G02F1/0353 takes precedence)}
G02F1/0136 (For the control of polarisation) appears on 942 US grants and 978 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Polarizer and analyzer configuration optimization method and polarizing and analyzing system8 Sep 2026US 12,730,062 B2Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School
- Fiber optic current sensor controller25 Aug 2026US 12,716,919 B2OpticAmpere LLC
- Optical device for beam combination in heterodyne interferometers and polarimeters and its use25 Aug 2026US 12,717,154 B1General Atomics
- Variable print chamber walls for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing11 Aug 2026US 12,703,145 B2Seurat Technologies, Inc.
- Wide field-of-view polarization switches and methods of fabricating liquid crystal optical elements with pretilt28 Jul 2026US 12,693,564 B2Magic Leap, Inc.
- System and method for optically transmitting electrical power or communications signals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312434 A1University of Connecticut
- Method and apparatus for realizing ultra-high-speed structured illumination microscopy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299274 A1Zhejiang University
- Integrated photonic isolator1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299324 A1Lightmatter, Inc.
- Voltage-driven cyclic modulation of polarization rotation by ion intercalation10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265534 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Optical unit with continuous phase and amplitude control10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267124 A1Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Retarder stack for preconditioning light for a modulator having modulation and isotropic states of polarization269US 5,929,946 AColorLink, Inc. · 1999
- Method for manipulating optical energy using poled structure216US 5,703,710 ADeacon Research · 1997
- System and method for varying the reflectance or transmittance of light162US 7,411,637 B2ELOP Electro-Optics Industries Ltd. · 2008
- Collimating optical device and system149US 8,643,948 B2Lumus Ltd. · 2014
- Laser illumination device137US 8,224,133 B2SBG Labs, Inc. · 2012