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7415176 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 illiuminated light guide. The hot spot filter may be a film, a layer, or an additional liquid...
7415174 Dual optical channel monitor assembly and associated methods of manufacture and use  
An optical channel monitor assembly for simultaneously measuring the optical power levels of multiple series of dense wavelength division multiplexed channels or the like traveling on separate...
7415173 Position sensor  
A hinge position sensor comprises first and second members connected together to provide a hinge, and an optical fiber or wave-guide connected between the first and second members to provide a...
7412133 Wavelength selective optical focusing device using optical fiber and optical module using the same  
The present invention provides a wavelength selective optical focusing device using the cladding-etching of an optical fiber and an optical module using the same. The wavelength selective optical...
7412131 Multilayer optic device and system and method for making same  
An optic device, system and method for making are described. The optic device includes a first solid phase layer having a first index of refraction with a first photon transmission property and a...
7412130 Fiber optic overmold method and product  
A termination is formed on an optical fiber by securing the fiber in a mold which defines a cavity for forming the termination. A liquid is injected into the cavity, which solidifies to form the...
7412129 Fiber coupled optical spark delivery system  
A spark delivery system for generating a spark using a laser beam is provided, the spark delivery system including a laser light source and a laser delivery assembly. The laser delivery assembly...
7412128 Higher order mode dispersion compensating fiber and mode converter for higher order fiber  
A higher order mode dispersion compensating fiber includes an optical fiber and a first loss layer which is provided within the fiber and which attenuates a lower order mode propagating through the...
7412127 Photonic crystal reflectors/filters and displacement sensing applications  
We introduce a mechanically tunable photonic crystal structure consisting of coupled photonic crystal slabs. Using both analytic theory, and first-principles finite-difference time-domain...
7412116 Optical device for simultaneously generating and processing optical codes  
The invention relates to an optical device, apt to generate and process optical codes at least one wavelength, comprising P inputs s, with 1≦s≦P, and P≧1, and N outputs k, with 1≦k≦N and...
7409122 End face structure of optical fiber, optical fiber laser, and laser processing apparatus  
An end face structure of an optical fiber includes a coreless fiber fused to an emitting end face of the fiber optical fiber and a coating material disposed around at least the coreless fiber, a...
7406245 Flat optical fiber light emitters  
Light emitters are made of one or more cladded flat optical fibers having opposite flat sides and disruptions along at least a portion of the length of the fibers to cause light entering at least...
7406229 Optical module  
Provided is an optical module including a light source for generating an optical signal, a waveguide for waveguiding the optical signal, a photodetector for detecting the optical signal, a first...
7406225 System and method for recording reflection Bragg Gratings  
A system and method for recording a reflection Bragg Grating in a photosensitive target. A photosensitive target is located between transmissive members on three sides. Beams incident on one of the...
7406223 Optical element and method of molding the same  
The present invention provides an optical element capable of preventing a ghost in the use for a sensor such as a CCD or CMOS. In the optical element including an optical function surface of high...
7404679 Termination for optic fiber with improved optical features  
A terminal element for fiber optic communication has an elongated body defining a body axis and having a first end from which an optical fiber extends along the body axis. The body has a second end...
7403717 Method and apparatus for first-order polarization mode dispersion compensation  
Method and apparatus for compensating for first-order Polarization Mode Dispersion in an optical transmission system. An apparatus has a polarization controller for transforming polarization...
7403680 Reflective light coupler  
An illumination system has individual light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are optically coupled via reflective couplers to respective optical fibers. The respective optical fibers may then be...
7400805 Compact light collection system and method  
A light collection system includes at least one light source, a light tunnel having reflective walls and a collimating plate at the light output end of the tunnel. The collimating plate includes an...
7400801 Bidirectional HDCP module using single optical fiber and waveguide combiner/splitter  
Embodiments provide single fiber bidirectional HDCP modules. A signal fiber module includes at least one laser and at least one detector and a waveguide combiner/splitter. An optical fiber is used...
7400798 Optically controlled photonic switch  
Fast, all optical switching of light is provided on silicon, using highly light confining structures to enhance the sensitivity of light to small changes in refractive index. In one embodiment, the...
7400795 Light conduits having peripheral, shape-defining polymer overmolds  
An elongated light-guiding element includes opposed incident and emission ends between which light propagates by total internal reflection. The light-guiding element includes a glass core with...
7400794 Transport optical fiber for Q-switched lasers  
An optical fiber assembly includes a clad optical fiber having an end-cap thereon. Radiation is focused into the optical fiber via the end-cap. A roughened portion of the fiber cladding behind the...
7400788 Linearized optical modulator having a plurality of coupling functions  
Invention discloses an apparatus that provides linear optical modulation of light carrier signals by an electrical modulation signal. Linearized modulation is achieved through the selection of a...
7397994 Two-dimensional photonic crystal slab having three-dimensional local structure  
The present invention aims to provide a two-dimensional photonic crystal having an optical resonator, which allows the control of the front/back emission ratio of light. To achieve this object, a...
7397984 Light guide screen louver device  
In a particular embodiment, the louver device includes a transparent layer of material having a first surface and, parallel thereto, a second surface. A plurality of shaped louver members are...
7394986 Flat top optical filtering component  
The invention relates to wavelength-selective optical filters for allowing light of a narrow optical spectral band, centered around a wavelength (λ c ) to pass through them, while reflecting the...
7394953 Configurable integrated optical combiners and decombiners  
System, devices and methods are described that provide an integrated optical decombiner or optical combiner having both unamplified paths and amplified paths on which power monitoring and control...
7393143 Optical connector and connection structure of optical fibers  
An optical connector having: a ferrule into which a first optical fiber is inserted; an optical fiber connector disposed at an back end of the ferrule; and a cross-linkable refractive index...
7393127 Light-guiding structure  
A light-guiding structure including a plurality of light pipes, a plurality of connecting portions and a fixing socket is provided. The light pipes are disposed on the fixing socket, and the light...
7391954 Attenuated optical splitter module  
A compact optical splitter module is disclosed. One type of compact optical splitter module is a planar attenuated splitter module that includes a branching waveguide network having j≧1 50:50...
7391940 Integrated gradient index lenses  
Gradient index lenses are described that are integrated within a planar optical structure. The gradient index lens is optically coupled to a planar optical waveguide. In some embodiments, the...
7391939 Optical apparatus  
A laterally- and longitudinally-elongated sheetform of optical material has a core and spaced broad surfaces provided with superficial light-confining measures flanking the core. At least one broad...
7391937 Compact transition in layered optical fiber  
The present disclosure is directed to an optical device including a circuit board, an optical network and a lens kit. The circuit board has a mounting surface, and the optical fiber network is...
7389021 Movable lens beam steerer  
Embodiments of a system are described herein, and include a controller, and an optoelectronic module coupled to the controller. The optoelectronic module has a substrate, and a stage having a lens....
7389020 Light pipe assembly  
A light pipe assembly providing a light pipe that has at least one transmission region, at least one light source that is optically connected to the transmission region, and an modifying element....
7386213 Bidirectional communication optical waveguide and manufacturing method thereof  
The present invention provides a bidirectional communication optical waveguide which can adopt a configuration in which light sources having the same wavelengths are used and stray light is not...
7386198 Optical waveguide device  
The present invention has an object to provide an optical device capable of leading out a light propagated through an optical waveguide to a desired substrate side face while maintaining the...
7382950 Laser and fiber coupling control  
One or more single mode waveguide devices are fiber coupled such that signals to an optical element affect the coupling of the waveguide device to an optical fiber. A number of systems and methods...
7382949 Fiber-optic rotational device, optical system and method for imaging a sample  
A device, system and method for transmitting electro-magnetic radiation between at least two separate fibers (as well as for imaging a sample) are provided. For example, a first optical fiber and a...
7379672 Photonic RF distribution system  
The present photonic RF generation and distribution system provides a system and method for distributing an RF output signal. The photonic RF distribution system includes two optical sources for...
7379640 Tunable dispersion compensator and method of manufacturing the same  
A tunable dispersion compensator in which a heater portion can be easily constructed to reduce cost. A tunable dispersion compensator includes: an optical fiber having a grating portion; a heating...
7379638 Optical junction apparatus and methods employing optical power transverse-transfer  
An optical apparatus comprises an optical device fabricated on a substrate, an external-transfer optical waveguide fabricated on the substrate and/or on the optical device, and a transmission...
7376308 Optical off-chip interconnects in multichannel planar waveguide devices  
The multichannel waveguide device includes an array of waveguides located in a plane. Each waveguide channel has a redirecting element for redirecting a guided wave out of said plane, or vice...
7376306 Slanted Bragg grating gain flattening filter having spatially overlapping elementary filters and a manufacturing method therefor  
An optical filter comprises a waveguide and a plurality of Slanted Bragg Gratings written in the waveguide, wherein at least two of the Slanted Bragg Gratings overlap one another. A method of...
7376304 Biochemical assay detection using a fiber optic exciter  
Biochemical assays of samples in receptacles, in gels, in blots, in arrays and the like, and that utilize excitation and light emission as labels for detection are enhanced by an illumination and...
7376303 Optical coupling assembly  
An optical coupling assembly includes light transmitting or reflecting members fusion bonded to one another.
7376302 Broadband optical spectrum generating apparatus and pulsed light generating apparatus  
A broadband optical spectrum generating apparatus 20 includes a ultrashort pulsed fiber laser 22 that generates pulsed light having a pulse width in the unit of picosecond to femtosecond, and...
7376299 Optical bi-directional rotary hinge  
The specification and drawings present a new method and apparatus for a rotary hinge for transmitting an optical signal (e.g., comprising data) bi-directionally or uni-directionally from one part...
7376298 Optical rotating data transmission device with an unobstructed diameter  
A device for transmitting modulated optical signals between a first unit and a second unit, in which the first unit is supported to be rotatable relative to the second unit, comprises a light guide...