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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128300 | OPTICAL MODULE Provided is an optical module, including: an optical system having an optical path in a space thereof; an electro-optical device optically connected to a first input/output port as one of an input port and an output port of the optical system; an optical waveguide havin... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120104240 | FIBER OPTIC TRANSCEIVER (FOT) MODULE HAVING A MOLDED COVER IN WHICH AN OPTICAL BEAM TRANSFORMER IS INTEGRALLY FORMED An FOT module is provided that has a molded cover in which an optical beam transformer is integrally formed. The molded cover includes at least a nontransparent molded part that is secured to a mounting structure, such as a molded leadframe or a PCB, on which at least o... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082414 | OPTICAL 90-DEGREE HYBRID CIRCUIT An optical 90-degree hybrid circuit includes: first and second optical splitters for receiving and splitting a first and second light beam into two, respectively; a first optical coupler for generating an interfering light beam by multiplexing one of the light beams spl... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070117 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL In an optical touch panel of the present invention, at a light-emitting side, there is provided an optical waveguide device, in which a light input end of an optical waveguide laminate laminated by a plurality of optical waveguides is optically coupled to a two-dimensio... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069579 | Direct-lit light guiding structure, direct-lit light guiding panel and lighting device A direct-lit light guiding structure, a direct-lit light guiding panel and a lighting device are disclosed. The light guiding structure includes a light transmissive body and microstructures; the light transmissive body includes an upper conical groove and a lower accom... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070116 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FOR TOUCH PANEL An optical waveguide for a touch panel is provided which is not deteriorated in quality and which decreases or eliminates an undetectable region, even when increased in size. The optical waveguide is configured to be disposed along the periphery of a display screen of a... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120051693 | LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT AND LIGHT GUIDE FOR ENDOSCOPES EQUIPPED WITH THE LIGHT DIFFUSING ELEMENT A light diffusing element diffuses light output from an output facet of an optical fiber that enters the light diffusing element at a first end and outputting the diffused light from a second end. The light diffusing element is equipped with a semireflective surface for... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051694 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FOR TRANSMISSION OF RADIATION, AND PRODUCTION METHOD An optical waveguide for transmission of radiation, in particular of the radiation from a high-power diode laser, and a method for its production are provided. The optical waveguide has an elongated light inlet surface, which is in the form of a gap, consisting of one o... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120039568 | In-Plane Optical Metrology A structure that is located adjacent to a measurement target on a substrate is used to convert incident radiation from an optical metrology device to be in-plane with the measurement target. The structure may be, e.g., a grating or photonic crystal, and may include a wa... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033914 | ANGLED COUPLING FOR OPTICAL FIBERS An angled coupling for optical fibers can comprise a body (10) having an incoming aperture (18a) and an outgoing aperture (18b), from which an incoming hollow waveguide (12a) and an outgoing hollow waveguide (12... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120020621 | Laterally Coupled Optical Fiber Component and Processing Method Thereof A side-coupling optical fiber assembly comprises a first substrate (200), on a surface of which at least one concave groove is provided; an optical fiber (210) disposed in the concave groove; and a second substrate (220) disposed on the first substr... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120014646 | OPTICAL FIBER, METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF AND DEVICE The invention provides an optical fiber, a method for the preparation thereof, and a device. An optical fiber, wherein a distal end of the optical fiber is provided with an optical mask adapted for projecting a predetermined pattern on a target surface by radiation tran... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110299808 | Optical Waveguide and Optical Waveguide Module An optical waveguide module which satisfies highly-accurate and stable optical connection between optical elements and optical waveguides and can be easily fabricated is provided. As means for it, in an optical waveguide module having: an optical waveguide surrounded by... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110297229 | INTEGRATED CONCENTRATING PHOTOVOLTAICS Optical sheets, light collection and conversion systems and methods of forming optical sheets are provided. An optical sheet includes a light guide layer having at least one light guide and a light concentrator layer adjacent to the light guide layer for concentrating i... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110293219 | Chiral Fiber System and Method for Providing Configurable Light Extraction from Optical Waveguides in Accordance with at Least One Predetermined Light Extraction Profile The system and method of the present invention advantageously enable controllable light extraction from optical fiber waveguides and offer highly configurable light signal guidance and control capabilities, as well as additional advantageous features associated with wav... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292774 | NEAR-FIELD LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD AND OPTICAL RECORDER Provided is a near-field light emitting device which emits near-field light efficiently by simple structure. A near-field light emitting device comprises a waveguide which is equipped with a core and a clad touching the core and is coupled with light having an electric ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110286692 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A method of manufacturing an optical waveguide device, includes obtaining an optical waveguide by forming sequentially a first cladding layer, a core layer, and a second cladding layer on a substrate, forming a groove portion including a light path conversion inclined s... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110280515 | COUPLED PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUSES AND METHODS An apparatus and corresponding method in which the apparatus includes a dielectric waveguide and a metallic waveguide. The dielectric waveguide has an effective mode index and a longitudinal dimension. The metallic waveguide has a longitudinal dimension and supports a s... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110255828 | SAPPHIRE-BASED DELIVERY TIP FOR OPTIC FIBER An article of manufacture is provided that includes an optic fiber comprising a core and a cladding surrounding the core and a sapphire tube bonded to the optic fiber. A total internal reflection surface is positioned such that light guided within the core of the optic... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249936 | TRANSMITTER PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (TxPIC) CHIP A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip comprising an array of modulated sources, each providing a modulated signal output at a channel wavelength different from the channel wavelength of other modulated sources and a wavelength selective combiner having an input optic... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249937 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CIRCUIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE CIRCUIT An optical waveguide device includes an optical branch device for branching a first input light and outputting the branched first input light to a first and a second optical waveguides, another optical branch device, arranged between the first and the second optical wav... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110241564 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER, SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY, LIGHT SOURCE AND OPTICAL MODULE A surface emitting laser is formed of a composition in which bandgap energy of layers from immediately above a current confinement layer to a second conductivity type contact layer is reduced towards the second conductivity type contact layer in a stacking direction, an... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110243499 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MANUFACTURING MEMBER An optical waveguide includes a clad layer, a core layer and a clad layer which are laminated together in this order from a lower side thereof. Within the core layer, a core portion and a side clad portion provided adjacent to the core portion so as to surround side sur... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110243500 | LIGHT GUIDES HAVING ENHANCED LIGHT EXTRACTION Lightguides, devices incorporating lightguides, processes for making lightguides, and tools used to make lightguides are described. A lightguide includes light extractors arranged in a plurality of regions on a surface of the lightguide. The orientation of light extract... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110234121 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING ILLUMINATION CHARACTERISTICS OF A PLURALITY OF LIGHTING SEGMENTS The invention provides a method and system of controlling illumination characteristics of a plurality of lighting segments. According to the invention, there is provided an illumination system, comprising: a plurality of lighting segments; a detecting subsystem configur... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235972 | SEPARATING AND COMBINING SINGLE-MODE AND MULTIMODE OPTICAL BEAMS Techniques for combining initially separate single mode and multimode optical beams into a single “Dual Mode” fiber optic have been developed. Bi-directional propagation of two beams that are differentiated only by their mode profiles (i.e., wavefront conditions) is... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235971 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE A semiconductor optical device includes a first optical waveguide including first, second, and third sections; a second optical waveguide including fourth, fifth, and sixth sections; an input optical coupler; and an output optical coupler. The first and second optical w... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110229075 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE A 90-degree optical hybrid interferometer having an optical path length difference to a pair of the optical signal waveguide arm and the local oscillator optical waveguide arm at either the I phase side or the Q phase side at the TE optical signal side and the TM optica... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110229078 | FIBER OPTIC INTERFACE DEVICES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES Small-form fiber optic interface devices (20) for electronic devices (200) are disclosed. The device has a ferrule (50) with a body (51) that operably supports at least one waveguide (152) and at least one electrical wire (160).... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110217003 | Waveguide For Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording An apparatus includes a slider mounted on an arm, a first waveguide including a first core guiding layer, a second waveguide mounted on the slider and including a second core guiding layer having a uniform thickness smaller than the thickness of the first core guiding l... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110211789 | PHASE PLATE AND PHASE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD The invention relates to a phase plate which is easy to manufacture such as to have a desirable characteristic and the like. The phase plate (10) is substantially shaped like a circular cylinder and has a fixed refractive index in a direction along a center axis ... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110211787 | OPTICAL INTERCONNECT COMPONENTS A component for an optical interconnect includes a waveguide having at least one surface that is configured at an angle equal to or less than 90° relative to an axis of the waveguide. A tap is operatively connected to the waveguide. The tap has an angled surface that i... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110194815 | DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE INTERSECTION WITH REDUCED LOSSES A waveguide intersection includes an input waveguide and an output waveguide; a crossing waveguide intersecting the input waveguide and the output waveguide to form an intersection; and a block that is optically joined to the intersection such that a guided mode is prod... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110182546 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE A photoelectric conversion device includes an optical fiber, a molded portion covering an end portion and an end face of the optical fiber, the molded portion including a transparent resin transparent to light inputted and outputted through the optical fiber and a light... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110176769 | Spherical optical splitter/combiner This disclosure describes a device that belongs to the field of optical devices. More specifically it is a novel way of achieving light splitting or combining using a spherical reflector with a single input and multiple outputs, or multiple inputs and a single output.... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110176330 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIGHT GUIDE PLATE THEREOF The present invention relates to a backlight module and light guide plate thereof. The light guide plate includes a first surface, a second surface and a side surface. The first surface has a plurality of first regions, a second region and a central line. The second reg... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110176768 | OPTICAL SPECTRAL FILTER, ANGULAR FILTER AND POLARISER A filter and fabrication process for a thin film filter that is based on frustrated total internal reflection and multiple waveguide layers, in which the waveguide modes are resonantly coupled. The physics of the design is related to prism coupling of light into planar ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170198 | BEAM HOMOGENIZER, LASER IRRADIATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE The present invention is to provide a beam homogenizer, a laser irradiation apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, which can suppress the loss of a laser beam and form a beam spot having homogeneous energy distribution constantly on an irradia... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110150390 | IN-PLANE OPTICAL WAVE GUIDE WITH AREA BASED SPLITTER An optical interconnect includes a set of splitters. Each splitter includes a source waveguide, a reflection waveguide, an output waveguide, and a partially reflective mirror element with a reflective coating. The source waveguide and the reflection waveguide are optica... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110133063 | Optical waveguide and coupler apparatus and method of manufacturing the same Optical waveguide and coupler devices and methods include a trench formed in a bulk semiconductor substrate, for example, a bulk silicon substrate. A bottom cladding layer is formed in the trench, and a core region is formed on the bottom cladding layer. A reflective el... | 06/09/2011 |
