Patent ID: 8948547
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A polarization maintaining optical fiber link comprising: a first chiral fiber circular polarizer section having a first single mode (SM) end and a first polarization maintaining (PM) end; a sequentially positioned linear-polarization maintaining optical fiber (PMF) section, having a first PMF end, connected to said first PM end through a first connection, and a second PMF end; and a sequentially positioned second chiral fiber circular polarizer section having a second SM end and a second PM end connected to said second PMF end through a second connection, wherein said first PM end comprises a first PM end fast axis and a first PM end slow axis, wherein said first PMF end comprises a first PMF end fast axis, and a first PMF end slow axis, wherein said second PMF end comprises a second PMF end fast axis and a second PMF end slow axis, and wherein: