A method in effectuating the redirection of light which is propagated
within a waveguide, and which eliminates the necessity for a bending of
the waveguide, or the drawbacks encountered in directional changes in
propagated light involving the need for sharp curves of essentially
small-sized radii, which would resultingly lead to excessive losses in
light. In this connection, the method relates to the fabricating and the
provision of a wire-grid polarization beam splitter within an optical
waveguide, which utilizes a diblock copolymer template to formulate the
wire-grid.