Patent ID: 9329378
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G02B,G02F,H01S

Claim Text:
1. A system for modifying the polarization vector of electromagnetic radiation, said system comprising: an optical source that generates a first ensemble of photons with a first polarization vector; a reflective element with a dynamically configurable property to which said first ensemble of photons is applied; an electronic signal generator with which an electronic signal is generated and applied to said reflective element with a dynamically configurable property, such that said electronic signal switches said reflective element between at least a first and a second configuration where said first configuration of said reflective element has substantially no effect on said first ensemble of photons and where said second configuration of said reflective element resolves said first ensemble of photons into two ensembles of photons with polarization vectors substantially different from the polarization vector of said first ensemble of photons; and where switching between said first and second configurations is substantially insensitive to the magnitude of said electronic signal.