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6775065 Diffraction element and optical pickup device  
In a diffraction element, a diffraction grating is formed with a grating pitch having different diffraction angles in accordance with a wavelength of a laser light beam incident thereon. The...
6775066 Diffractive optical element  
The present invention provides a different optical element having superior optical characteristics. A polycrystalline substrate having crystal grains whose sizes are not more than 1 μm or an...
6768589 Method and apparatus providing reduced polarization-dependent loss  
A diffraction grating providing reduced polarization dependent loss. The elements of pixels of the diffraction grating are fixed or actuated such that some grating elements are actuated to...
6765724 Diffraction grating-based wavelength selection unit having improved polarization dependent performance  
An optical wavelength selection device containing an optical beam source, a device for collimating the optical beam to produce a collimated optical beam, a diffraction grating assembly for...
6762880 Grating structures and methods of making the grating structures  
New grating structures include a bonded transmission grating structure. The grating structure is encapsulated by two pieces that are bonded together. In addition, a new method of making grating...
6762881 Optical arrangement, Littrow grating for use in an optical arrangement and also use of a Littrow grating  
An optical arrangement has a light source which emits coherent light of a specific wavelength. Further provided is an optical Littrow grating, arranged at a specific Littrow angle θ L . It has a...
6757105 Optical device having a wide field-of-view for multicolor images  
A diffractive optical element for guiding a light having a color spectrum characterized by a plurality of wavelengths longer than a shortest wavelength, λ B , and shorter than a longest...
6750998 Electro-mechanical grating device having a continuously controllable diffraction efficiency  
An electro-mechanical grating device including: a base having a surface; a bottom conductive layer provided above said base; a spacer layer is provided and a longitudinal channel is formed in said...
6747798 Polarization control of UV writing  
A system and method are provided for writing refractive index structures, such as gratings, in an optical waveguide. There is no requirement for structures having interferometric stability of the...
6734436 Optical microfluidic devices and methods  
The invention relates to microfluidic devices and methods that employ electromagnetic radiation to move a droplet of fluid on a fluid-transporting surface of a substrate. Typically, radiation of a...
6735362 Dispersive optical systems utilizing transmissive diffraction gratings  
The linear dispersion of a dispersive optical system is increased by: (a) employing a transmissive diffraction grating ( 6 ) as a dispersive element; and (b) passing light through the grating...
6731839 Bulk internal Bragg gratings and optical devices  
The present invention provides photonic devices utilized in optical telecommunications. The photonic devices include photosensitive bulk glass bodies which contain Bragg gratings, particularly with...
6728035 Optical device with diffraction grating having plural grating regions  
An optical device includes a light-emitting element for irradiating light onto an information recording medium, a diffraction grating for splitting light emitted from said light-emitting element...
6724533 Lamellar grating structure with polarization-independent diffraction efficiency  
A lamellar volume grating operating in reflection and transmission and providing a substantially wavelength- and polarization-independent diffraction efficiency is disclosed. The lamellar grating...
6724532 Dual-lens hybrid diffractive/refractive imaging system  
The present invention discloses a dual-lens hybrid diffractive/refractive imaging system comprising: a first lens including a concave surface and a convex surface; and the second lens including a...
6721097 Optical element, its manufacturing method and optical element manufacturing metal die  
Systems and methods of the present invention are directed to an optical element that includes a diffraction grating, an inclined surface, good optical characteristics, and an optical element...
6714705 Tunable chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope compensator utilizing a virtually imaged phased array and a rotating grating  
A tunable chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope compensator that utilizes a Virtually Imaged Phased Array (VIPA), a rotating transmissive diffraction grating, and a mirror with different...
6707602 Reflective spectral filtering of high power extreme ultra-violet radiation  
In one embodiment of the invention, a grating structure etched on a mirror substrate has a grating period causing diffracting, out of an optical path, a first incident radiation within a first band...
6700705 Structure arrangement having an optical-diffraction effect  
In order to improve a structure arrangement comprising a plurality of portions having a relief structure with an optical-diffraction effect, in particular for visually identifiable optical security...
6693745 Athermal and high throughput gratings  
A light dispersing device for dispersing a polychromatic input beam into a plurality of narrow-band output beams such that the output beams are directed in a wavelength dependent manner and such...
6689855 Diffraction devices and methods  
Fluoropolymers consisting of alternating perfluorocyclobutane and aryl ether linkages possess suitable properties for optical waveguides and other devices using refractive properties of the...
6687056 Optical head  
A lens system includes a lens, a grating and a non-periodic phase structure. The lens system is a-thermalised by a compensation of the temperature-dependence of the spherical aberration of the lens...
6681067 Method for selective erasing/apodization of the index of refraction of an optical waveguide and an optical waveguide modified by the method  
A method for erasing some or all of at least some of the grating elements of a grating inscribed in an optical waveguide such as an optical fiber or a cane structure (a more rigid optical...
6680799 Optical polarizing device and laser polarization device  
The invention concerns a light reflecting element comprising a substrate ( 10 ), a multilayer mirror ( 20 ) and optical coupling means ( 32, 40 ) comprising a diffraction grating ( 40 ); whereby...
6671031 Method for manufacturing polarization diffraction film  
According to the present invention, a method is provided for manufacturing a polarization diffraction film, which comprises the steps of forming a film with a liquid crystal material containing a...
6661580 High transmission optical inspection tools  
Techniques for increasing the percentage of light that is transmitted through optical inspection systems that operate in or near the ultraviolet and deep ultraviolet electromagnetic spectrums are...
6650477 Diffractive optical element and optical apparatus having the same  
A diffractive optical element includes a diffraction optical part provided with a phase-type diffraction grating. The diffraction grating of the diffraction optical part has on the surface thereof...
6643066 Tunable phase mask assembly  
A tunable phase mask assembly for use in photoinducing an optical wavelength filter in an optical waveguide. The phase mask assembly includes a phase mask having a length extending between two...
6639722 Stress tuned blazed grating light valve  
A light modulator includes elongated elements arranged parallel to each other and suspended above a substrate. The light modulator operates in a first diffraction mode and in a second diffraction...
6639721 Zoom lens system and optical apparatus using the same  
There are provided A zoom lens system comprising, in order from an object side, a first lens unit of negative refractive power, a second lens unit of positive refractive power, a third lens unit of...
6636666 Optical power equalizer  
The methods and apparatus according to the invention equalize the power of at least one frequency in a multi-wavelength optical signal, or limit the power contained in a single or multi-frequency...
6628462 Optical system and optical apparatus having the same  
An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of positive optical power, and a second lens unit of negative refractive power, wherein focusing from an...
6622392 Target with diffractive elements for use with laser beam generating devices  
A target for use with a laser generating device is disclosed which diffracts a reference laser beam of light directed to the target along an optical axis of the target to provide a diffracted beam...
6624941 Diffraction optical element  
A diffraction optical element is configured such that a plurality of annular zones having minute steps extending in a direction of the optical axis therebetween are formed on a base element. The...
6624940 Method for applying optical gradient forces and moving material  
An apparatus and method for manipulating small dielectric particles. The apparatus and method involves use of a diffractive optical element which receives a laser beam and forms a plurality of...
6621631 Microsystem module  
The invention concerns a microsystem module, in particular for use in microoptical systems, the module consisting of a body on the surface of which at least one functional area and support areas...
6611385 Wearable display system  
A wearable display system including a display panel to display a signal processed in a predetermined way. The wearable display system includes a grating to diffract a signal output from the display...
6611376 Diffractive optical element and method of manufacturing the same  
The present invention discloses a diffractive optical element whose optical axis can be precisely positioned, and a method of manufacturing the diffractive optical element. The diffractive optical...
6608720 Optical instrument and optical element thereof  
An optical instrument is described in which a diffractive element is located at a focal or image plane of the instrument and the diffractive element is effective to produce an array of a plurality...
6606195 Optical unit and optical instrument having the same  
An optical unit includes an optical element for propagating incident light toward a predetermined direction, a barrel for supporting the optical element, and an attenuating device including a...
6603600 Chirped pulse amplification method and apparatus  
A method of delivering a seed-pulse to a regenerative amplifier includes generating an ultrashort optical pulse. The ultrashort optical pulse is delivered to a single-mode optical fiber configured...
6600606 Projection optical system with diffractive optical element  
An optical system includes an aperture stop and binary optics having a plurality of rings disposed adjacent to the aperture stop. The rings of the binary optics have different mutual intervals and...
6600602 Diffraction grating and uses of a diffraction grating  
A diffraction grating ( 1 ) has a multiplicity of parallel diffraction structures succeeding one another periodically. The latter are arranged on a support ( 2 ) and each incorporate a slat ( 3 )...
6594042 Optical element, optical pickup, information recording and reproducing method, and polarizing hologram  
An optical element that receives a first incident light and a second incident light through a main surface and allowing the first and second incident lights to be transmitted therethrough, the...
6591039 Method and equipment for writing a Bragg grating in a waveguide  
A method for writing a Bragg grating in a waveguide comprises the steps of placing the waveguide in a writing position in which the waveguide extends essentially along one axis; generating a beam...
6590709 Diffractive optical element and method of manufacturing a mold  
A diffractive optical element acts as a lens. The optical element has a diffraction grating. The diffractive grating is provided with a plurality of ridges. Each of the ridges has a transmissive...
6587244 Optical communication system for survey instrument  
The present invention provides an optical communication system, which comprises photodetection means for receiving communication light and optical means for forming an image from the communication...
6587272 Diffractive optical element  
A diffractive optical element is composed of a plurality of diffraction gratings which differ in dispersion from each other and are laminated while being spaced to enhance diffraction efficiency...
6583932 Optical system for diffusing light  
An improved optical system is provided for diffusing light uniformly over a wide angle, including, a diffractive element for diffracting light received by the system in multiple diffraction orders,...
6570710 Subwavelength optical microstructure light collimating films  
A light collimating film has a sheeting having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side includes a series of linear optical elements having a primary axis running the length of the...