Patent ID: 8025416
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An optical component, comprising: a first polarizing prism having a first face, a second face and a third face, wherein a light beam may be received incident on the first face, light having a first polarization may be output through a second face and light having a second polarization may be output through a third face; a half-wave plate fastened to the second face of the first polarizing prism; a first reflecting prism connected to the third face of the first polarizing prism, the first reflecting prism having a first face and a second face, the first face connected to the third face of the first polarizing prism; and a second reflecting prism connected to the half-wave plate and to the second face of the first reflecting prism, the second reflecting prism having a first face, a second face and a third face, the first face of the second reflecting prism connected to the half-wave plate and the second face of the first reflecting prism.