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7113674 Method of manufacturing a fiber-type optical coupler with slanting bragg diffraction gratings  
A fiber-type optical coupler has two optical fibers including a core on which a slanting Bragg diffraction grating is formed and a first cladding and a second cladding bordered with a boundary...
7113529 Pulsed CO2 laser including an optical damage resistant electro-optical switching arrangement  
An electro-optical switch includes an optical assembly arranged to transmit laser-radiation. The optical assembly comprises an active optical crystal. On one of two opposite surfaces of the crystal...
7113675 Optical fiber tip diffuser and method of making the same  
An optical fiber for use with a laser device including a source of light energy, as well as a method of making same, where the optical fiber has a proximal end in communication with the light...
7113670 Method and device to improve backlight uniformity  
A hot spot filter for a light guide is created by taking an image of the light output pattern of an illuminated light guide. The hot spot filter may be a film, a layer, or an additional liquid...
7113676 Planar waveguide optical isolator in thin silicon-on-isolator (SOI) structure  
A planar optical isolator is formed within the silicon surface layer of an SOI structure. A forward-directed signal is applied to an input waveguiding section of the isolator and thereafter...
7110642 Lighting device and liquid crystal display device  
A backlight (lighting device) is arranged on a backside of a liquid crystal panel, and comprises an LED, an optical waveguide, a reflective sheet, and a prism sheet. A diffractive optical element...
7110626 Fiber optic vibration sensor  
A fiber optic vibration sensor is disclosed. This invention has an optical fiber of a tubular configuration that includes a cladding layer and a core, having a first end, a second end and a sensing...
7106930 Dynamic optical demultiplexer/multiplexer formed within a PLC  
A demultiplexer/multiplexer is disclosed wherein an arrayed waveguide grating having a reflector at an end includes selectable signal path blockers. The arrayed waveguide device has a common...
7104701 Expanded beam converter for MIL-PRF-83526/17 optical connector  
The fiber optic connector includes a bulkhead connector housing, an expanded beam insert body, ferrules, ball lenses, focal length spacers, and a mating plane adapter. The expanded beam insert body...
7106928 Coupling high power optical sources to small diameter fibers  
The present invention relates to coupling high power optical sources into small diameter optical fibers. In a first embodiment, an optical source is provided to the side of a fiber. The fiber is a...
7106966 Integrated photonic switch  
The integrated photonic switch can be used in all-optical networks. incoming multiplexed signals from a number of input fiber ports are separated into their component wavelengths. Individual...
7099528 Methods and devices for coupling electromagnetic radiation using diffractive optical elements  
Diffractive optical elements are used in methods and devices for coupling or distributing electromagnetic radiation. The diffractive optical. elements may be adapted to split one or more streams of...
7099531 Compensating for chromatic dispersion in optical fibers  
An optical chromatic dispersion compensator ( 60 ) betters optical communication system performance. The dispersion compensator ( 60 ) includes a collimating means ( 61 ) that receives a spatially...
7099532 Device for optical signal transmission between two units movable relative to each other  
A device for transmitting optical signals between at least two units movable relative to each other comprises an adjustable attenuating member for achieving a system attenuation which is...
7099533 Fiber optic infrared laser beam delivery system  
A laser beam delivery system is disclosed, which allows transmission of high-power infrared light through a hollow core photonic band gap (HC-PBG) fiber made of non-silica-based glass. In this...
7099525 Dual-mode/function optical and electrical interconnects, methods of fabrication thereof, and methods of use thereof  
Devices and systems having one or more of the following components: a compliant pillar with a modified tip surface (non-flat tip) and a corresponding compliant socket; an optical/electrical I/O...
7095927 Optical distributor and optical distributing system  
An optical distributor includes an optical-signal input port, a light receiving device, a light emitting device, a light splitter, and optical signal output ports. The light receiving device...
7095910 Wavelength division multiplexing coupling device  
An exemplary WDM coupling device may include optical fibers. The coupling device may also include region(s) having varying coefficients of thermal expansion. During a temperature variation, one or...
7095925 Optical phased array transmitter/receiver  
An optical phased array transmitter/receiver includes a plurality of waveguides each including an optical fiber and a light source coupled to the fibers in the waveguides. At least one grating is...
7095914 Singulated dies in a parallel optics module  
A parallel optics module including singulated dies. A first singulated die includes a first semiconductor optical component, and a second die includes a second semiconductor optical component. The...
7095921 Laser apparatus, exposure head, exposure apparatus, and optical fiber connection method  
An optical fiber of a bundled fiber light source is an optical fiber whose core diameter is uniform but whose emission end cladding diameter is smaller than an incidence end cladding diameter...
7095559 Variable optical delay circuit  
In a variable optical delay circuit to be used for compensation for polarization mode dispersion of an optical signal and for other purposes, there are provided a first birefringent member, a...
7092600 Method for fabricating Fiber Bragg Grating elements and planar light circuits made thereof  
A method for fabricating Fiber Bragg Grating elements and planar light circuits made thereof. A mask having a predetermined pattern and a wafer are provided, wherein a light-guiding channel filled...
7091492 Imaging device comprising optically coupled fiber optic plate assembly  
A fiber optic plate assembly is provided for transferring optical signals to a detector or other optical element within an imaging device or imaging system. The fiber optic plate assembly comprises...
7092603 Optical bridge for chip-to-board interconnection and methods of fabrication  
The present invention provides an optical bridge for interconnecting optical networking components and methods of making optical bridges that include a waveguide that are compatible with...
7092162 Bandwidth enhancement device  
An optical cavity is combined with a MUX or a de-MUX device having substantially the same free-spectral range in order to enhance the bandwidth of the device. The optical cavity can be tuned to...
7092597 Bidirectional transmitting and receiving device  
A bidirectional transmitting and receiving device includes a transmitting component with an emission area of a first size, and a receiving component with a receiving area of a second size. The...
7086789 Optical element module with a primary coated optical fiber  
An optical element module is equipped with a casing, an optical element provided inside the casing, a pipe which communicates the inside of the casing to the outside, and a primary coated optical...
7088518 Bidirectional optical device  
A multiband wavelength multiplexed optical device for bidirectional communication over one light path. The device may use dichroic filters or reflectors, or other mechanisms for wavelength or...
7088889 Optical splitter  
An optical splitter includes a main waveguide, a tapered waveguide, and a split waveguide group having first and second split waveguides. The side portions of the tapered waveguide taper and expand...
7088884 Apparatus and method employing multilayer thin-film stacks for spatially shifting light  
An apparatus and method for spatially shifting a light using a multilayer thin-film stack of at least two materials having unequal optical properties, such as indices of refraction and absorption...
7082268 Method and system for 80 and 160 gigabit-per-second QRZ transmission in 100 GHz optical bandwidth with enhanced receiver performance  
Optical transmitter/receivers for use in a DWDM systems are provided. Transmission of data signals in a quadrature-return-to-zero (QRZ) format achieves a data transmission rate equal to eight times...
7082233 Optical switch and method of manufacturing the same  
An optical switch includes a film consisting of a polymer, a keep plate having a switching through hole and a driver. The film has a core linearly extending therein and a notch extending across a...
7082236 Fiber-based displays containing lenses and methods of making same  
The invention relates to an electronic display that combines the optical function of the display and part of the electronic function of the display into an array of individual fibers. The...
7079732 Optical device  
An optical device guides propagating light to exit from a desired side surface of a substrate while maintaining sufficient power within a limited size of the substrate and which facilitates...
7078263 Method and apparatus for hermetic sealing of assembled die  
An optically transparent, hermetic coating is locally formed on die and other components already assembled in an existing nonhermetic structure. The local hermetic sealing of an OSA includes...
7076122 Patch-type extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric fiber optic sensor and real-time structural vibration monitoring method using the same  
A patch-type extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric fiber optic sensor and a real-time structural vibration monitoring method using the same are disclosed. The patch-type extrinsic Fabry-Perot...
7076133 Optical coupling  
The invention relates to the coupling of light to and from an optical waveguide, such as an optical fiber. Light of a specific wavelength is deflected out from the fiber, or into the fiber, in a...
7076132 Optical devices and methods  
A fiber optic device comprises an optical lens element having a focal length greater than 2 mm, and an optical signal source or receiver mounted at the focal plane of the optical lens element and...
7076130 Semiconductor optical device having asymmetric ridge waveguide and method of making same  
In order to reduce the possibility of a laser operating in multiple transverse modes at high power, the laser is provided with laterally asymmetric losses that discriminate against modes higher...
7072539 Wavelength-selective 1×N2 switches with two-dimensional input/output fiber arrays  
A 1×N 2 wavelength selective switch (WSS) configuration in which switch elements are configured in a way that enables the input or output fibers to be arranged in a two-dimensional (2D) array. By...
7072544 Polarized light-emitting waveguide plate  
A polarized light emitting waveguide plate comprises an entrance side for coupling light into the wave guide plate, a major exit surface for coupling light out of the waveguide plate, and a...
7068905 Extended optical bandwidth semiconductor source  
An optical bandwidth source for generating amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) across a selected wavelength range, the optical bandwidth source including a waveguide having a first end and a...
7068424 Multiple pulse generation  
An electromagnetic radiation (EMR) multiple pulse generator, comprising, an EMR source for producing discrete pulses of radiation, an EMR splitter for receiving the pulses of radiation produced by...
7068880 Coupling device and method for manufacture thereof  
A coupling device for the coupling in and/or the coupling out of electromagnetic waves, into and respectively out of a transmitting or receiving element, for example, from an optical wave guide,...
7068910 Light generating device having polarized light emitting waveguide plate  
The present invention relates to a light generating device comprising a slab light guide ( 1 ), at least one light input unit ( 2 ) arranged on at least one side ( 10 ) of said light guide ( 1 )...
7068881 Optical code division multiple access network utilizing reconfigurable spectral phase coding  
An optical code-division multiple-access (O-CDMA) apparatus, network, and communications method. A transmitter data modulates a sequence of ultra-fast (˜1 ps) pulses. An encoder wavelength...
7068878 Optical beam scanning system for compact image display or image acquisition  
An optical fiber having a reduced cross-sectional region adjacent to its distal end, which is fused to an optical component, is vibrated, rotating the optical component to scan a region. The...
7065270 Optical transmission device  
An optical transmission device improved in optical coupling loss between light guides and optical elements and excelling in efficiency of light utilization is provided with light guides having...
7065106 Transmitter optical sub-assembly with eye safety  
A transmitter optical subassembly includes an optical emitter and a fiber receptacle within which an optical fiber is received. An optical limiting element is positioned between the optical emitter...