Laminated waveguiding polarizer utilizing polymeric birefringent cladding

摘要

A waveguiding polarizer utilizing a birefringent polymer film cladding layer is disclosed and claimed. The cladding layer may be a spin-coated polyimide, polyarylate, polyaramide or like polymer. Core and cladding layers are selected so that waveguiding conditions are achieved for light of predetermined polarity, for example, a transverse magnetic mode only.