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3941474 Light-conducting glass structures  
By heat treating a glass member containing at least one kind of cation to constitute a modifying oxide in contact with a source of another kind of cation to cause ion substitution, a...
3936149 Non-homogeneous objective lens having an aperture diaphragm  
A non-homogeneous objective lens having an aperture diaphragm is disclosed which can effectively obviate flare without giving any bad influence upon the field and which can improve picture image...
3923486 Method of producing light-conducting glass structure  
By heat treating a glass member containing at least one kind of cation to constitute a modifying oxide in contact with a source of another kind of cation to cause ion substitution, a...
3916182 Periodic dielectric waveguide filter  
An optical waveguide comprising either a substrate coated with a layer of optic material or a clad optic fiber. A periodic variation in the index of refraction of either: (1) the substrate and/or...
3909110 Reduction of dispersion in a multimode fiber waveguide with core index fluctuations  
Step index, multimode fiber waveguides are designed according to the disclosed invention with intentional fluctuations of the refractive index of the fiber core, with the aim of reducing dispersion...
3904268 Optical waveguide having optimal index gradient  
A graded-index optical waveguide for use in an optical communication system in which optical signals having a mean wavelength λ are propagated. The fiber comprises a core of radius a surrounded by...
3894857 Process for exchanging alkali ions for thallium ions in a glass fiber  
A novel laser comprises a fiber-like light transmission medium having a gradient in the refractive index which is greatest at its axis and gradually decreases toward the surface and which includes...
3891302 Method of filtering modes in optical waveguides  
Modes are filtered in an optical waveguide by selecting and providing a periodic variation, such as a surface corrugation or a refractive index variation, in a filter region in the waveguide. The...
3887264 Optical fiber with asymmetric index profile  
This application describes a graded-index optical fiber comprising a core having at least one planar surface that extends in a direction parallel to the direction of wave propagation. The...
3884550 Germania containing optical waveguide  
An optical waveguide having a cladding layer formed of high purity glass and a core of high purity germania containing glass having an index of refraction above that of the cladding layer, said...
3877783 Gradient refractive index light-conducting glass structure  
A light-conducting glass structure, the refractive index of which in each cross section perpendicular to the centre line or plane along which light is to advance of the structure decreases...
3873339 Method of forming optical waveguide circuit path  
A method of producing a planar optical waveguide circuit path by applying to at least a portion of a smooth surface of a glass substrate having a predetermined desired index of refraction a first...
3859103 OPTICAL GLASS BODY HAVING A REFRACTIVE INDEX GRADIENT  
An optical glass body comprising at its central axis 50 to 70 mol % of SiO 2 , 10 to 30 mol % of B 2 O, 1 to 25 mol % of Tl 2 O and R 2 O, the total proportion of Tl 2 O and R 2 O being 10 to...
3856494 LIGHT-CONDUCTING GLASS STRUCTURES MADE BY VAPORIZATION  
A glass body containing a dissolved vaporizable component is heated under conditions whereby some of this component can vaporize off from the surface of the glass body to cause the concentration of...
3853384 OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE  
Optical transmission line suitable for transmitting electromagnetic radiation within the visible spectrum and adjoining portions of the infrared and ultraviolet spectra consists of an alumina-doped...
3843228 PRODUCTION OF LIGHT-CONDUCTING GLASS STRUCTURES WITH REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTRIBUTION  
A contact surface of a glass body, along an axis of which light is to adve, containing at least one modifying oxide is caused to contact an agent having an affinity for the oxide sufficient to...
3843229 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE HAVING A GRADED REFRACTIVE INDEX CORE FORMED OF SILICON AND GERMANIUM  
An optical waveguide having a refractive index which decreases radially outwards from a center core zone thereof and is composed of a mixture of 1 to 10 percent by weight germanium and silicon. A...
3841731 IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO LIQUID CORE DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES  
The number of modes progagating as guided modes along a dielectric optical waveguide depends on the refractive index difference between core and cladding materials. By altering this difference the...
3838905 LIGHT-CONDUCTING STRUCTURES AND PRODUCTION THEREOF  
Light-conducting structures each having a gradual refractive index gradient in a direction transverse to the direction in which light is to advance in the structure, which structure is made of a...
3836347 CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF LIGHT-CONDUCTING GLASS FILAMENTS WITH REFRACTIVE INDEX GRADIENT  
An electric current is passed by means of electrode means through a body of molten glass which is maintained at a temperature above its softening point and is flowing in contact with the electrode...
3832028 COUPLER FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE LIGHT SOURCE  
A light coupler for transferring optical wave energy to or from light transmitting means including at least one optical waveguide. The coupler comprises a tapered core of transparent material of...
3830640 PRODUCTION OF LIGHT-CONDUCTING GLASS STRUCTURES WITH INDEX GRADIENT  
A light-conducting glass rod is passed continuously through a furnace when it is heated to a temperature above its softening point and is stretched into a thin filament. The rod has a refractive...
3827785 GLASS LENS HAVING REDUCED CHROMATIC ABERRATION AND REFRACTIVE INDEX GRADIENT  
A glass lens having a reduced chromatic aberration and a refractive index gradient such that its refractive index is expressed by the following equation N = No (1 - ar 2 ) Wherein N is the...
3826560 METHOD OF FORMING A LIGHT FOCUSING FIBER WAVEGUIDE  
A method of forming an article such as a light focusing fiber waveguide by applying to a substantially cylindrical starting member a layer of soot having a radially varying composition by means of...
3825318 WAVEGUIDE COUPLER HAVING TRANSPARENT STRATIFIED STRUCTURE WITH PARALLEL FACES  
An optical structure with parallel faces, has a refractive index decreasing continuously from one face to the other. The structure is produced by reactive cathode sputtering of tantalum in the...
3823997 GRADED-INDEX OPTICAL FIBER  
It is shown that minimum delay distortion is realized in a graded-index multimode optical fiber comprising an inner core of radius a surrounded by a suitable cladding when the refractive index...
3816160 METHOD OF MAKING A PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT  
The invention relates to a transparent element for the deflection of incident electromagnetic radiation having an optical axis extending therethrough. The element includes a shaped polymeric matrix...
3806224 OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE  
Optical transmission lines suitable for transmitting electromagnetic radiation within the visible spectrum and adjoining portions of the infrared and ultraviolet spectra consists of a pure...
3801181 GRADIENT INDEX LIGHT CONDUCTOR  
Novel optical lens elements are disclosed, each of said elements consisting of a transparent body having two end surfaces crossing its center axis and having a refractive index distribution capable...
3791806 CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF LIGHT-CONDUCTING GLASS FIBERS WITH ION DIFFUSION  
In a process for continuously producing a light conducting glass fiber whin the refractive index in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the glass fiber is so distributed that it...
3785718 LOW DISPERSION OPTICAL FIBER  
The faster propagating, higher order modes are selectively removed from a multimode optical fiber by either attenuating said modes or by coupling the modes out of the fiber core and into the...
3756688 METALLIZED COUPLER FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE LIGHT SOURCE  
A light coupler for transferring optical wave energy to or from light transmitting means including at least one optical waveguide. The coupler comprises a tapered core of transparent material of...
3753607 OPTICAL IMAGE TRANSMITTING STRUCTURE  
An optical image transmitting device capable of transmitting an image of an object to a plurality of locations comprises a plurality of optical fibers which are bundled together at their one ends...
3737236 MAGNETOOPTIC READOUT SYSTEM UTILIZING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FIBERS  
Optical waveguide fibers are utilized in a magnetooptic readout system for magnetic disk file applications to maintain high resolution capabilities of plane polarized light beams. In one type of...
3658407 IMAGE TRANSMITTER FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF GRADED INDEX FIBERS IN BUNDLED CONFIGURATION  
Optical device for transmitting an image wherein a number of optical fibers are disposed in such a manner that they are arranged neatly in the same relative position among them, at least, both ends...
3655259 STREOSCOPIC MICROSCOPE WITH GRADED INDEX FIBER OBJECTIVE LENSES  
The disclosure relates to an optical image transmitting apparatus adapted for a viewfinder for observation of any object, wherein two systems of transparent structures are provided whose refractive...
3650598 LIGHT-CONDUCTING GLASS STRUCTURE HAVING A PERIPHERAL LIGHT-ABSORBENT LAYER  
A transparent glass body having a light-focusing effect and a refractive index decreasing progressively from its centerline outward and containing readily reducible metal oxides in at least the...
3647277 INDUCTION HEATED OPTICAL GUIDE  
The disclosed optical guiding system employs radial thermal gradients in a propagation medium which is a bulk solid dielectric having a positive temperature coefficient of index of refraction and...
3646472 LASER STRUCTURES  
Laser structures for generating and amplifying laser light, each such structure embodying an elongated core of solid laser material embedded within a cladding of solid light-transmitting material...
3643097 OPTICAL FILTER FOR SUPPRESSING NOISE WHICH UTILIZES A GRADED OPTICAL FIBER AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING TRANSVERSE POSITION OF IRIS  
A noise suppression optical filter having practical utility in increasing the signal-to-noise ratio of a laser communication system. The filter comprises a converging light guide element having an...
3639035 SYNTHETIC RESIN STRUCTURES FOR LIGHT CONDUCTION AND PRODUCTION THEREOF  
A polymer in the form of a transparent bar or fiber having bridges due to ionic bonding of carboxylic groups and metals and having a compositional distribution wherein the concentrations of at...
3614197 SOLID OPTICAL WAVE GUIDE HAVING A RADIALLY VARYING REFRACTIVE INDEX  
An apparatus for transmitting high-speed modulated light includes a solid optical waveguide comprising a medium having a refractive index which progressively decreases in the radial direction...
3610725 FLEXIBLE GAS LENS WAVEGUIDE  
In an optical waveguiding system using thermal gas lenses, realignment of an undulating optical beam with the optical axis of the guide is achieved by bending the lenses along two mutually...
3605013 CURRENT-MEASURING SYSTEM UTILIZING FARADAY EFFECT ELEMENT  
A current-measuring system comprises a fiberlike light guide capable of causing the Faraday effect. The guide is adapted to be placed in proximity to a current-carrying conductor. Polarized light...
3603666 LIGHT BEAM DEFLECTION CONTROL DEVICE WITH GRADIENT INDEX LIGHT GUIDE  
A light beam deflection control device includes an elastic fibrous converging light guide having a refractive index greatest along the guide axis. The guide is disposed in a predetermined...
3599114 LASER CONSTRUCTIONS  
Laser construction employing an elongated core of preselected laser glass including erbium as an active ion therein and a cladding of selectively absorbing material including praseodymium in...
3593026 LIGHT DEFLECTION COMPENSATION DEVICE UTILIZING AN OPTICAL FIBER HAVING A REFRACTIVE INDEX GRADIENT WHICH DECREASES RADIALLY  
A light beam incident upon one end of a fibrous light guide of the type hng a refractive index gradient greatest at its axis and decreasing towards the surface, has its position and angle of...
3571489 TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE HAVING GRADED OPTICAL DENSITY CONDUCTORS THEREON  
Electrical conductors in an array which are present in transparent insulating material such as glass and transparent plastic cause diffraction which interferes with viewing an image. By grading the...
3533013 OPTICAL MASER HAVING MEANS FOR CONCENTRATING THE PUMPING LIGHT ENERGY IN THE CENTRAL PORTION THEREOF  
3441337 THERMAL GASEOUS WAVEGUIDE WITH GASCOOLING COMPARTMENTS LONGITUDINALLY DISTRIBUTED THEREALONG