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7515787 Imaging device for optically extracting features of an object  
The present invention provides a method and device for optically extracting discrete features of an object. With this method and device, small regions of interest or features within a relatively...
7515779 Optical semiconductor device  
An optical semiconductor device has a heater, an optical waveguide layer, a first electrode and a second electrode. The heater is provided on a first semiconductor region and has more than one...
7512344 Variable dispersion compensator  
A dispersion compensator is applicable to a WDM optical transmission system and features low loss, wideband usage, and minimum ripple. The dispersion compensator is constructed so that the light...
7507038 Optical fiber/glass tube fusion-spliced structure, optical fiber assembly including the structure, and glass tube used in the structure  
An optical fiber/glass tube fusion spliced structure includes an optical fiber made of glass and a glass tube through which the optical fiber is inserted and at least in part of the optical...
7509011 Hybrid waveguide  
A waveguide system wherein a top cladding layer leaves portions of an underlying core channel exposed to ambient air. The ends of core channels are exposed so that light can exit out of or enter...
7509052 Optical receiver, optical transmitter and optical transceiver  
An optical receiver includes a first light receiving element to convert an optical signal to an electric signal and to output the electric signal from one end. A light receiving element row is...
7509004 Apertured fiber optic stub for control of multi-mode launch condition  
Disclosed are various embodiments of systems, devices, components and methods for launching high-transmission-rate optical communication signals into legacy fiber optic cables. At least one...
7505651 Optical planar wavelength selective filter and method of manufacture  
An optical planar wavelength selective filter is formed on a printed circuit substrate. Low optical loss polymers are used to make a layered structure that contains waveguides and free travel...
7502534 Retro-reflective type light pipe, illumination device including the same and projection display including the illumination device  
A retro-reflect type light pipe, an illumination device including the same, and a projection display including the illumination device are provided. The retro-reflective type light pipe includes an...
7499608 Apparatus and method for optical switching with liquid crystals and birefringent wedges  
An optical switch includes an optical waveguide to route an input optical beam. At least one polarization switch receives the input optical beam from the optical waveguide. At least one...
7492988 Ultra-compact planar AWG circuits and systems  
Planar AWG circuits and systems are disclosed that use air trench bends to increase planar circuit compactness.
7492993 Multi-port coupler, optical amplifier, and fiber laser  
A multi-port coupler for coupling an pumping light source to a cladding pump fiber for optical amplification, includes a central signal fiber and a plurality of pumping fibers arranged around the...
7492992 Bi-directional PLC transceiver device  
An integrated bi-directional transceiver device for multiple wavelength optical signals that has a high level of wavelength isolation at the receivers of the device and low cross-talk of light...
7492987 Fiber optic laser energy delivery devices  
Improved laser energy delivery devices, providing greater transmission efficiency, longevity of use and safety are described. In one embodiment, a device for delivering laser energy includes a...
7488119 Photoelectric composite connector and substrate using the same  
A photoelectric composite connector comprises a first connector unit which is connected to optical transmission means and a second connector unit which can be attached to and detached from a first...
7489836 Optical interconnect system for high speed microprocessor input/output (IO)  
A microchip includes optical layers with integrated waveguides and modulators. A continuous wave light beam coupled to incoming waveguide(s) is modulated and transmitted off-chip by outgoing...
7488116 Universal coupling of small core optical fiber to large laser foci  
It is often desirable to efficiently couple laser foci that are dimensionally large to dimensionally small optical fibers. A fiber fused in a lower refractive index fiber is disclosed. The...
7486847 Chip carrier package with optical vias  
Considerable manufacturing efficiency and flexibility is provided by configuring the lower surface of a chip carrier to include multiple holes specifically designed to receive coupling fibers. By...
7484899 Small-form-factor fiber optic transceiver module having built-in test capability and method  
A fiber optic transceiver module having built-in test capability is packaged in a housing to meet small-form-factor (SFF) requirements. The module has a first optical fiber having an angled end...
7486853 Resonator system for optical proximity communication  
An assembly comprising first and second electronic devices and an optical resonator that optically couples an optical waveguide on the first electronic device to an optical waveguide on the second...
7486859 Quick connect lightable rod  
A lighted vehicle marker, light conducting rod or lightable rod with quick disconnect capabilities is disclosed herein. The lightable rod can have a hollow core and can be made from a translucent...
7486895 Effective control algorithm for optical polarization mode dispersion compensators  
The present invention includes apparatus and method of a variable step size dithering control algorithm for polarization mode dispersion controllers (PMDCs). The dithering step size of the PCs is...
7486854 Optical microstructures for light extraction and control  
The application of microstructures which improve the quality of light available to the viewer of an optical display system, or any display which works on the concept of moving one surface into...
7483602 Planar array optical switch and method  
An optical switch device includes a first array ( 20 ) of reflectors ( 22 ), each associated with a separate optical fiber input ( 12 ), and a second array ( 30 ) of reflectors ( 32 ), each...
7480423 All-fiber phase controlled delay interferometer and method of making the same  
An all-fiber, phase controlled interferometer device is disclosed as well as its method of manufacture. This device is suitable for use in an optical DPSK demodulation system. It is comprised of...
7480428 Mechanism to spectrally combine and divide optical I/O  
An optical assembly is disclosed. The optical assembly includes two or more photo devices to transmit and receive optical signals and a pair of parallel gratings to combine optical signals received...
7477814 Method of making a louver device for a light guide screen  
A method of making a louver device for a light guide screen. More specifically, in a specific embodiment, a transparent layer is provided. A plurality of similarly angled surfaces are established...
7477815 Multi-mode fiber, optical fiber transmission system with offset-launch, single-mode, long-wavelength, vertical cavity surface emitting laser transmitter  
A multimode fiber optical fiber transmission system includes an improved configuration for launching a single mode long wavelength transmission signal into existing multimode optical fiber...
7477816 Lens-equipped optical wave guide device for touch panel and optical waveguide for use in the same  
A lens-equipped optical waveguide device for a touch panel includes an optical waveguide including an under cladding layer, and a plurality of cores formed on a surface of the under cladding layer...
7474827 Devices and methods for all-optical processing and storage  
Devices and methods for optical processing and storage are described. In a preferred embodiment, an integrated optical gate matrix, that includes a set of nonlinear elements and waveguides...
7474820 Micro-optic adapters and tips for surgical illumination fibers  
A microstructure optical adapter or tip according to the present disclosure may incorporate precision micro structure optical components engaging the input or output end of light energy delivery...
7474815 Interconnecting (mapping) a two-dimensional optoelectronic (OE) device array to a one-dimensional waveguide array  
For integrated circuits including circuit packaging and circuit communication technologies provision is made for a method of interconnecting or mapping a two-dimensional optoelectronic (OE) device...
7474823 Tunable dispersion compensation  
Dispersion compensation for an optical signal having a first frequency range is described. The optical signal is applied to a dispersion compensating material having a negatively refracting...
7471855 Monlithically coupled waveguide and phototransistor  
An optical integrated circuit comprises a semiconductor body, a semiconductor optical waveguide located on the body, and a bipolar phototransistor located on and optically coupled to the waveguide....
7469078 System for remote measurements  
A system for measuring simultaneously both temperature and ac voltage and/or ac current, the system comprising: a piezo-electric sensor; and optical fiber that includes an optical strain sensor...
7466886 Coupling region for optical systems  
The present invention discloses systems and methods for defining a coupling region or regions for use with optical systems. An embodiment of the coupling region represents a region in which an...
7466883 Optical switches and routers and optical filters  
Our invention relates generally to an optical switch ( 31 ) and an optical router ( 10 ) to rapidly route signals from particular channels ( 22, 24 ) within an optical band by using optical...
7466884 Photonic-interconnect systems for reading data from memory cells and writing data to memory integrated circuits  
Various embodiments of the present invention are related to photonic-interconnect systems for reading data from and writing data to memory cells of memory chips at approximately the same time. In...
7466879 Fiber optic force sensor for measuring shear force  
Provided herein are fiber optic force sensors for measuring shear force which include an optical fiber with at least one optical core and a Bragg grating. Also provided arc fiber optic force sensor...
7466889 High-quality-factor tunable microdisk  
An optical device includes a waveguide and a microdisk that is optically coupled to the waveguide. The gap between the microdisk and the waveguide is between 0.3 microns and 0.7 microns. The...
7462812 Optical switch apparatus and optical switching system  
An optical switching system having a transmission node. The transmission node includes a bit pattern processing unit for processing a bit pattern of transmitted data to stabilize optical power of a...
7460749 Optical transmission device that employs vertical cavity surface-emitting laser diode as light source  
The first and second light-emitting regions are provided on the light source. When the first optical fiber having the first core diameter is connected, the light emitted from the first...
7460747 Waveguide and optical cable module  
A waveguide includes a core part, clad layer surrounding the core part about an optical axis of the core part, and an optical path conversion mirror formed at the end face of at least one of the...
7458731 Fiber assembly and light transmitting/receiving module  
A light transmitting/receiving module comprising a fiber assembly and a light source is provided. The fiber assembly includes a fiber, a ferrule, and a rigid tube. The fiber has an end segment,...
7457544 Single channel four-port group delay compensation equalizer  
A group delay compensation equalizer is disclosed that employs a single channel four-port WDM device for compensating the group delay experienced by a plurality of wavelengths transmitted over...
7457501 Electromagnetic energy coupler  
A technique for coupling electromagnetic energy into an aperture smaller than the wavelength of the electromagnetic energy desired to be coupled is disclosed.
7454102 Optical coupling structure  
An optoelectronic coupling structure, a method of manufacture, and a method of operation are described. The optical coupling structure includes a waveguide that is formed within a device layer of...
7454101 Tunable optical dispersion compensators  
A tunable optical dispersion compensator includes an optical input port, an input variable optical coupler, at least two optical dispersion paths, an output variable optical coupler, and an optical...
7450798 Automatic shutdown system and method for optical multiplexers and demultiplexers  
An automatic shutdown system for optical multiplexers and demultiplexers includes an optical switch that is disposed in a common optical channel between a transmitter and a receiver of an optical...
7450801 Apparatus for free-space switching between planar lightwave circuits  
A free-space optical switch for switching light beams between waveguides of planar lightwave circuits (PLCs). Switching is accomplished using a combination of lenses and micromirrors. The lenses...