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7620283 Optical device using a hollow-core photonic bandgap fiber  
An optical device includes a hollow-core photonic-bandgap fiber, wherein at least a portion of the hollow-core photonic-bandgap fiber has a longitudinal axis and is twisted about the longitudinal...
7620279 Polyurethane light guides  
A light guide ( 1 ) formed from an unclad flexible polyurethane fiber produces significant side scattering ( 2 ) over distances of up to several meters. The polyurethane fiber is in the form of a...
7609929 Surface emitting device and method for fabricating the same  
A surface emitting device using a photonic crystal includes a two-dimensional slab type photonic crystal structure including a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer formed on top of...
7609928 Method of connecting optical fibers  
A method of connecting a holey fiber to an optical fiber includes fusion splicing an end surface of the holey fiber and an end surface of the optical fiber thereby forming a joint section; and...
7603014 Method for the manufacture of optical fibers and improved optical fibers  
The present invention is directed to a universal channel dispersion compensating fiber (CDCF) for WDM channel compensation that provides essentially zero dispersion slope over the wide wavelength...
7593611 Photonic band gap fiber and method of producing the same  
A photonic band gap fiber is provided having multiple air holes in a silica portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the fiber. The fiber includes a cladding containing an air hole...
7590324 Double-clad optical fibers and devices with double-clad optical fibers  
A double-clad optical fiber includes a core, an inner cladding and an outer cladding of silica-based glass. The core may have a radius of less than about 5 μm, a first index of refraction n 1 and...
7590323 Optical fibre with high numerical aperture, method of its production, and use thereof  
An article comprising an optical fiber, the fiber comprising at least one core surrounded by a first outer cladding region, the first outer cladding region being surrounded by a second outer...
7590319 Preform for plastic optical material, production method thereof, optical coupling method of plastic optical fiber and connector used for optical coupling  
A POF includes an inner core having a refractive index distribution and an outer core provided on periphery of the inner core. A ratio Ra/Rb of an outer diameter of the inner core to the outer core...
7577330 Connectorized nano-engineered optical fibers and methods of forming same  
Connectorized nano-engineered optical fibers and method for forming them are disclosed. The methods include heating a mid-span bare fiber portion of the nano-engineered fiber to collapse the...
7577320 Low loss lateral optical waveguide intersections  
A geometrically shaped optical waveguide crossing or intersection with minimal transmission loss is described. A symmetrically tapered waveguide intersection is used to minimize loss in the...
7574076 Apparatus for optically-based sorting within liquid core waveguides  
The present invention is related to an apparatus for the sorting of particles in a fluid medium flowing within a liquid-core waveguide, by combining customized light intensity patterns formed...
7567742 Holey optical fiber with random pattern of holes and method for making same  
A random array of holes is created in an optical fiber by gas generated during fiber drawing. The gas forms bubbles which are drawn into long, microscopic holes. The gas is created by a gas...
7565050 Light pipe having an improved structure of prisms  
The present invention is directed to a light pipe having an improved structure of prisms. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a hollow light pipe comprises an inner-surface...
7555187 Large effective area fiber  
An optical fiber according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a glass core extending from a centerline to a radius R 1 wherein R 1 is greater than about 5 μm; a glass cladding...
7555185 Microchannel plate with segmented mounting pads  
A microchannel plate and a method of making same are disclosed. The microchannel plate has an active area and at least one solid glass pad. The active area has a plurality of microchannels formed...
7551824 Extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber  
An extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber, includes a cladding and a capillary core, the cladding having a plurality of holes disposed within a silica glass portion in a...
7551819 Multiple-core photonic-bandgap fiber with coupling between the cores  
An optical coupler includes a first optical port, a second optical port, a third optical port, and a fourth optical port. The optical coupler further includes a photonic-bandgap fiber having a...
7548680 Fiber optic local convergence points for multiple dwelling units  
There are provided fiber optic local convergence points (“LCPs”) adapted for use with multiple dwelling units (“MDUs”) that facilitate relatively easy installation and/or optical...
7542645 Airline optical fiber with reduced multipath interference and methods of forming same  
An airline (AL) optical fiber (“AL fiber”) that has an AL region with airlines, with the AL region arranged relative to the fiber core so as to make the fiber bend insensitive. The AL region is...
7539382 Hermetically sealed optical fibre with voids or holes, method of its production, and its use  
An optical fiber having an axial direction and a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction, the optical fiber having a first light guiding fiber portion with a cladding region with a...
7539363 Fiber optic probe for detecting the presence or absence of one or more substances within a medium  
A fiber optic probe for capable of simultaneously enhancing fluorescent emission collection and reducing stray excitation light noise levels while detecting the presence or absence of one or more...
7539361 Fiber optic device for measuring a parameter of interest  
An optical fiber ( 100 ) utilized as a sensor for measuring a parameter of interest 122 such as temperature, strain, photonic energy intensity, electric field intensity and magnetic field...
7532798 Optical waveguide  
An elongate waveguide for guiding light including a core having an elongate region of relatively low refractive index; a microstructured region around the core comprising elongate regions of...
7532797 Optical fiber  
The present invention relates to an optical fiber for light pulse expansion in which the ratio (β 3 /β 2 ) of the third derivative β 3 to the second derivative β 2 is negative, the absolute...
7532384 π-Phase shift device for light  
A phase shifter includes at least one photonic crystal structure having alternating high and low index dielectric layers. At least two defect structures are positioned between said photonic crystal...
7529453 Optical fiber and optical transmission medium  
An optical fiber includes a core region and a cladding region. The cladding region includes a first cladding region on outer circumference of the core region, which includes a main-medium region...
7529452 Method for manufacturing single mode optical fiber having low polarization mode dispersion  
A method for manufacturing a single mode optical fiber with a reduced PMD (Polarization Mode Dispersion), by drawing an optical fiber preform composed of a core and a clad surrounding the core,...
7526169 Low bend loss quasi-single-mode optical fiber and optical fiber line  
Quasi-single mode optical waveguide fibers are disclosed that are bend resistant and capable of providing single mode transmission, for example at wavelengths greater than 1260 nm when the...
7526166 High numerical aperture fiber  
An optical fiber comprising: a silica based core having a first index of refraction n 1 ; and at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core, the at least one silica based cladding...
7526165 Optical coupler devices, methods of their production and use  
The present invention relates in general to coupling of light from one or more input waveguides to an output waveguide or output section of a waveguide having other physical dimensions and/or...
7526148 High-sensitivity fiber-compatible optical acoustic sensor  
An acoustic sensor includes at least one photonic crystal structure having at least one optical resonance with a resonance frequency and a resonance lineshape. The acoustic sensor further includes...
7519256 Method for making an optical fiber preform via internal vapor deposition  
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an optical preform by employing an internal vapor deposition process. The method uses an energy source and a substrate tube, wherein the...
7512299 Fiber optic cable systems and methods incorporating a luminescent compound-containing layer to identify cracks  
Fiber optic cable systems and methods incorporating a luminescent compound-containing layer to identify cracks. Exemplary embodiments include a fiber optic cable apparatus including a core for...
7508848 Method and configurations in achieving high energy operation for photonic band gap (PGB) fiber with end caps  
A fiber Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) laser system includes a photonics band gap (PBG) fiber to function as a compressor. The PBG fiber is spliced with a fiber end cap that has an core expander...
7505660 Microstructured transmission optical fiber  
Microstructured optical fiber for single-moded transmission of optical signals, the optical fiber including a core region and a cladding region, the cladding region including an annular...
7505653 Encapsulated photonic crystal structures  
Photonic crystal structures having a plurality of air columns and coating such structures to provide structures with improved performance are described herein. The coating includes a material that...
7502541 Resonator, light emitting device, and wavelength conversion device  
A resonator is provided which is produced by a defect formed in a three-dimensional photonic crystal. The three-dimensional photonic crystal can include layers containing a plurality of columnar...
7499144 Apparatus for injecting liquid crystal into hollow fiber and method thereof  
Provided are an apparatus and a method for injecting liquid crystal into a hollow optic fiber. The apparatus includes: a first holder and a second holder each of which has a fluid passage for...
7496260 Ultra high numerical aperture optical fibers  
Various embodiments described include optical fiber designs and fabrication processes for ultra high numerical aperture optical fibers (UHNAF) having a numerical aperture (NA) of about 1. Various...
7489848 Optical fiber with a core ring  
An optical fiber includes a cladding with a material having a first refractive index and a pattern of regions formed therein. Each of the regions has a second refractive index lower than the first...
7489847 Optical fiber with tunable birefringence using pressurized liquid capillaries  
A single-mode optical fiber segment incorporating liquid-filled holes parallel to the core that are sealed at each end. Heating the liquid produces stress in the fiber and thereby increases the...
7489846 Photonic crystal sensors  
Photonic crystal sensors may be created from two and three dimensional photonic crystals by introducing defects. The localization of the optical field in the defect region affords the ability to...
7483615 Method of changing the refractive index in a region of a core of a photonic crystal fiber using a laser  
Fiber Bragg gratings were written in pure silica photonic crystal fibers and photonic crystal fiber tapers with 125 fs, 800 nm IR radiation. High reflectivites were achieved with short exposure...
7483610 Optical fiber having reduced defect density  
An optical fiber comprising a multimode glass core having a diameter of at least 250 microns and an index of refraction and a polymer cladding having a thickness and contactingly surrounding a...
7477821 Sealing composition and production method of optical fiber having air holes in the inside using the composition  
A sealing composition for a photonic crystal fiber which comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (I), a compound represented by the following general formula (II) and a...
7477819 Two-dimensional photonic crystal  
A two-dimensional photonic crystal, wherein on a plane in which four adjoining unit lattices L are arranged so as to have one angle in common with the unit lattice L being a rectangle whose shorter...
7477809 Photonic guiding device  
A photonic guiding device and methods of making and using are disclosed. The photonic guiding device comprises a large core hollow waveguide configured to interconnect electronic circuitry on a...
7469089 Light receiving apparatus  
A light receiving apparatus connects light to a light receiving device through a tube-type waveguide for making uniform the light intensity distribution of light. The light receiving apparatus is...
7463806 Methods of generating and transporting short wavelength radiation and apparati used therein  
The present invention provides methods of generating short wavelength radiation, methods of transporting short wavelength radiation, and apparati used in these methods. One embodiment of the...