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7573918 Dispersion compensated mode-locked pulsed lasers and optical amplifiers  
Techniques, apparatus and systems for providing compensation mechanisms for mode-locked lasers and optical amplifiers and a dispersion compensation mechanism to allow a mode-locked laser and an...
7565043 Optical module  
An optical module outputting transmitted optical signals from a light-emitting element to an optical fiber and guiding received optical signals arriving from the same optical fiber to a...
7565042 Sensitive emission light gathering and flow through detection system  
A luminometer is provided comprising a flow through waveguide and one or more detectors. The flow through waveguide has at least two openings and the sample is free to enter from one opening and...
7565047 Optical waveguide structure, optical module and lens array  
Disclosed is an optical waveguide structure capable of keeping intervals between the structure and optical elements within a certain range. When arranging a surface light emitting element and a...
7561770 Microresonator systems and methods of fabricating the same  
Various embodiments of the present invention are related to microresonator systems that can be used as a laser, a modulator, and a photodetector and to methods for fabricating the microresonator...
7561806 Method and system for keeping timing alignment between driving signals in optical double modulation  
A method and system is disclosed for making timing alignment for a data transmission system, the method comprising providing a reference clock signal with a first frequency to a multiplexer through...
7559706 Light amplifying fiber arrangement  
A light-amplifying fiber arrangement including a pump fiber including glass and a bridge element. At least a portion of a side of the bridge element has been fused to at least a portion of a side...
7561766 Thin film interleaver  
A thin film interleaver device is disclosed. The thin film interleaver includes thin film optics. The thin film(s) are formed such that they reflect one group of wavelengths while allowing a second...
7561762 Semiconductor device having optical signal input-output mechanism  
A semiconductor device has printed wiring board ( 11 ) where electric wiring ( 18 ) connected to LSI chip ( 17 ) and to planar optical element ( 21 ) is formed, and where optical waveguide ( 25 )...
7558453 Arrangement of a micro-optical component on a substrate, a method for adjustment of the arrangement, and an optical system with the arrangement  
An arrangement of a microoptical component on a substrate, containing an adjustment connection which is provided between the component and the substrate and containing a first and a second...
7558449 Electro-optically tunable optical filter  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for filtering an optical signal. The method includes receiving at least one input optical signal, forming first and second optical signals...
7555220 Chromatic dispersion compensator (CDC) in a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip and method of operation  
An optical equalizer/dispersion compensator (E/CDC) comprises an input/output for receiving a multiplexed channel signal comprising a plurality of channel signals of different wavelengths. An...
7551817 Probe and optical tomography system  
An optical fiber is disposed in the direction of axis of the outer envelope inside a tubular outer envelope. Light emitted from the front end of the optical fiber is collected and projected on a...
7551811 Optical device and method for producing the same  
An optical device includes an optical waveguide, an optical element, and a resin layer disposed between the optical waveguide and the optical element. The resin layer is formed of a photocurable...
7551813 Simplified fiber-optic switch for all-optical fiber-optic lines  
Simplified and insensitive to ambient condition mechanical bi-directional fiber-optic switch that can work in fire and explosion hazardous environment. The switch houses a sensitive element—a...
7551818 High power optical fiber laser array holographic coupler manufacturing method  
A chirped grating is made in a thin film layer or a glass layer for producing a holographic optical element within the layer well suited for use as an optical coupler for coupling side fired laser...
7546013 Nanoparticle coupled to waveguide  
A nanoparticle is able to emit single photons. A waveguide is coupled to the nanoparticle and able to receive the single photons. A backreflector is optically coupled to the waveguide and...
7546003 Suspension board with circuit and producing method thereof  
A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board, an insulating base layer formed on the metal supporting board, a conductive pattern formed on the insulating base layer, an...
7546012 Waveguide system with diffracting structure  
An optical waveguide system includes an optical element, a three-dimensional diffracting structure positioned around the optical element, and a waveguide. The optical element and the diffracting...
7543999 Optical module hermetically packaged in micro-machined structures  
An optical module comprising an opto-electronic component, a lens and a mirror that is hermetically sealed by a micro housing containing a lid and a base is disclosed. The optical module may be...
7546009 Planar lenses for integrated optics  
Planar lenses for integrated optics applications, in particular for use in optical touch screen sensors are disclosed. The disclosed planar lenses include a slab waveguide and an optical waveguide,...
7546017 Electro-photonic modulators  
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to modulators that can be operated electronically and used to modulate electromagnetic radiation. In one embodiment of the present...
7546008 Variable optical attenuator and ranging apparatus using the same  
A variable optical attenuator for adjusting a power of light which is output from an output end of a first optical fiber and is to be led to an input end of a second optical fiber, includes a...
7542635 Dual illumination anisotropic light emitting device  
An enhanced electroluminescent sign containing a volumetric, anisotropic scattering element to control the angular spread of light from the sign and the spatial luminance uniformity of the sign....
7542142 Optical probes and probe systems for monitoring fluid flow in a well  
Several optical probes useful in downhole applications are provided. A first probe has a tip in the form of a cubical corner with the diagonal of the cubical corner aligned with the axis of the...
7542637 Coupling optical system, optical element and optical pickup apparatus  
The present invention relates to a coupling optical system, an optical element, and an optical pickup apparatus. A coupling optical system is provided for use in an optical pickup apparatus and is...
7542633 Plasmon gate  
A variety of structures, methods, systems, and configurations can support plasmons for logic.
7542653 Passive fiber organizer for mesh network node interconnections  
A mesh optical network node has switch cards which carry active components, such as wavelength routers to switch the paths of optical signals through the node and a fiber organizer handles the...
7540646 Light guide element, light guide unit, backlight apparatus and light source apparatus  
The present invention provides a light guide element, a light guide unit, a backlight apparatus and a light source apparatus. The light guide element is provided for guiding a light flux from a...
7542636 Optical assemblies for free-space optical propagation between waveguide(s) and/or fiber(s)  
An optical apparatus is made by mounting segments of a GRIN optical medium on a substrate in at least one groove thereon. The GRIN segments are longitudinally spaced apart from one another on the...
7542643 Coupling element alignment using waveguide fiducials  
An optical assembly includes a waveguide assembly and an optical coupling element. The waveguide assembly includes a core, a cladding portion, and, preferably, at least two waveguide core...
7536070 Light scattering optical resonator  
Ring or disc optical resonators are provided with random or coherent corrugation on a top surface to cause optical power to be radiated in a desired direction by light scattering. The resonators...
7532801 Imaging device illumination system  
An imaging device illumination system comprises first and second elongate light guides configured to emit light toward an object to be imaged, each of the first and second light guides having an...
7532792 Optical coupler, a method of its fabrication and use  
An optical coupler for coupling light from at least two input fibers into one output fiber and a method of fabricating and use of an optical coupler. The coupler comprises a) an input section...
7532782 Flexible optical circuit apparatus and method  
A flexible optical circuit comprising passive or active components is provided. The flexible optical circuit includes a first optical fiber having both first and second ends, a second optical fiber...
7532780 Method for locating and measuring deformations in a work of civil engineering  
A process for locating and measuring deformation in a civil engineering structure wherein at least one geosynthetic fabric ( 1 ) containing a plurality of optical fibers ( 2 a to 2 e ) in...
7529445 Light guide and line illuminator  
A light guide emits lights incident on an end face from an emitting face extending longitudinally of the guide, while having the lights reflected by its internal face. A sectional shape of the...
7529442 Polarization-independent electro-optical (EO) switching  
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a passive element including one or more first waveguides and one or more second waveguides. The apparatus also includes an active element integrated into...
7529439 Optical printed circuit board and fabricating method thereof  
An optical printed circuit board which can transfer optical signal and electric signals simultaneously, and a method of fabricating the optical printed circuit board. An optical printed circuit...
7526158 System and method for high resolution optical imaging, data storage, lithography, and inspection  
A system for applications, such as imaging, lithography, data storage, and inspection, includes an optical element, at least one structure, and a source of light. The structure is at least...
7526156 Optical fiber for out-coupling optical signal and apparatus for detecting optical signal using the same optical fiber  
Provided are an optical fiber, which has an out-coupling characteristic of high coupling efficiency and is advantageous in terms of size reduction, and an optical signal detecting apparatus, which...
7526159 Method and apparatus for coupling spatial light modulators  
A method and apparatus for waveguide-based and free space based optical interconnection in integrated circuits that includes an input optical waveguide with etched end-facets, an output optical...
7522789 Optical switches and actuators  
An optical switch comprises one or more input ports for directing an optical beam into the switch; dispersive means configured to receive said optical beam and which spatially separate the optical...
7522808 Variable optical attenuator  
A variable optical attenuator with photoelectric detector, comprising a collimator, a variable optical attenuator chip, wherein the variable optical attenuator further comprises a photoelectric...
7522790 Optical communications system with selective block/add capability of an optical channel  
An optical communications system has a selective block/add capability of an optical channel. An optical beam separator receives and separates an input mixed optical beam into a separated optical...
7522799 All-optical logic gates using nonlinear elements—claim set VI  
An all-optical logic gates comprises a nonlinear element such as an optical resonator configured to receive optical input signals, at least one of which is amplitude-modulated to include data. The...
7519240 Multi-section coupler to mitigate guide-guide asymmetry  
A wavelength independent multi-section optical coupler having at least three optical couplers, and at least two differential phase cells. Each optical coupler has two waveguides forming a coupling...
7519244 Circuit board with optoelectronic component embedded therein  
A circuit board structure with optoelectronic component embedded therein comprises a carrier board with at least two through openings; a first optoelectronic component and a second optoelectronic...
7515791 Phase matched optical grating  
The invention relates to phase matched optical gratings for performing signal multiplexing and demultiplexing in optical communications networks. In prior art gratings there is a phase linearity...
7515774 Methods and apparatus for single fiber optical telemetry  
Single fiber optical telemetry systems and methods are disclosed. The methods and systems facilitate input and output via a single fiber optic interface. The optical telemetry systems and methods...