Class 385/35 - Spherical

Subclass of Class 385 - Optical waveguides
Definition: Subject matter wherein the coupling lens has the form of
No. of applications: 29
Last issue date: 09/29/2011

Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
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
20110164848	Ball Lens Holder For A Planar Lightwave Circuit Device In a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) package, a ball lens is used to broaden a collimated beam from a waveguide in a PLC device. A holder for the ball lens is attached to the PLC device in the package, which attachment effects a passive alignment of the waveguide with th...	07/07/2011
20110142393	LOW-COST FAST VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR FOR OPTICAL WAVELENGTH TRACKING Variable optical attenuator (VOA) formed by disposing upon a substrate a waveguide, a p-type region and an n-type region about the waveguide, and an epi-silicon region disposed upon the waveguide, the VOA responsive to a bias current to controllably inject carriers into...	06/16/2011
20110052121	FIBER BALL LENS APPARATUS AND METHOD A method for producing a ball lens including determining a feed length of optical fiber based on a target ball lens diameter; providing heat energy to a heating zone; moving, at a predetermined speed, one of the optical fiber and the heating zone so that the end of the ...	03/03/2011
20100284651	FIBER-OPTIC PIN-AND-SOCKET CONNECTOR HAVING A BEAM EXPANSION DEVICE The invention relates to an optical pin-and-socket connector for the detachable connection of a plurality of optical cores (115) having an insert (112, 112′), in which the cores (115) are inserted on a first side, the cores (115) ending in ...	11/11/2010
20100247038	Coupling Device for Coupling Optical Waveguides A coupling device for coupling optical waveguides comprises a first side for coupling first optical waveguides to the coupling device, and a second side for coupling second optical waveguides to the coupling device, and an optical system arranged between the first and s...	09/30/2010
20080279503	SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR A fiber optic connector uses an expanded light beam design in a universal receptacle that couples to a single style of plug on the ends of all harnesses. A single, mirror image socket design is used on bulkhead receptacles or box connections, with which two harness plug...	11/13/2008
20080218872	OPTICAL DEVICE WITH STABLE OPTICAL CONFIGURATION An optical device for a wavelength division multiplexing system has a telecentric lens system and a signal-processing optical element, where the signal-processing optical element performs switching, attenuation, or other optical signal processing for the optical device....	09/11/2008
20080095497	LOW COUPLING LOSS PHOTODETECTOR/OPTICAL FIBER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME A coupling apparatus includes a lens disposed between a port, such as a photodetector, and a light source, such as a fiber. The lens is aligned such that light emitted from the light source is focused by the lens onto the port. Between the lens and light source and/or l...	04/24/2008
20080085077	OPTICAL COMMUNICATION LENS AND TUBE BODY CONSTITUTING OPTICAL ELEMENT MODULE An optical communication lens arranged between an optical element and an optical fiber terminal includes a first lens part having an aspherical convex shape facing the optical element, a second lens part having an aspherical convex shape facing the optical fiber termina...	04/10/2008
20080080812	OPTICAL FIBER COLLIMATOR In the optical fiber collimator according to the invention, a transparent block having a refractive index that is substantially the same as the refractive indices of the lens and optical fiber is disposed between the lens and ferrule so that the block contacts the lens,...	04/03/2008
20080019639	Manufacturing a Microlens at the Extremity of a Lead Waveguide Variants of a method for manufacturing a microlens of any desired shape at the extremity of a lead waveguide are provided. A lens element having a non-uniform radial etchability profile is provided at the extremity of the lead waveguide. Preferably, the etchability prof...	01/24/2008
20070248301	Surface mount optical coupler, method of mounting the same, and method of producing the same A surface mount optical coupler includes a silicon substrate; an optical semiconductor device disposed on an upper surface of the silicon substrate; and a short bare fiber formed of vitreous silica. A V-shaped linear groove is formed in the upper surface of the silicon ...	10/25/2007
20070211999	Optical Connector The optical fiber connector of the present invention includes a housing having a ferrule receiving passageway and a lens receiving portion which is disposed on the front end portion of this ferrule receiving passageway. A central axis is coaxial with the central axis of...	09/13/2007
20070165981	Optical component for optical communication Provided is an optical component for optical communication which is capable of suitably accepting a request to reduce a size, resisting a thermal expansion coefficient difference between constituent elements, and adjusting incident and exit modes relative to an end of a...	07/19/2007
20070104420	TECHNIQUES FOR USE OF NANOCAVITIES TO ENHANCE QUANTUM PROCESSING WITH PHOTONS AND THE ZENO EFFECT Techniques are provided for placing atoms inside an appropriate nanocavity for enhancing two-photon absorption and quantum information processing based on the Zeno effect. Techniques for fabricating suitable nanocavities include: 1) a short length of optical fiber polis...	05/10/2007
20070077005	Optical waveguide having curved reflecting mirror surface and method of manufacturing the same The present invention relates to an optical waveguide having a curved reflecting mirror surface for optical coupling and a method of manufacturing it. The method of manufacturing an optical waveguide includes the steps of coating a transparent glass substrate with a pho...	04/05/2007
20060280411	Light Emitting Module and Single-Fiber Two-Way Optical Communication Module A light emitting module according to the present invention is characterized in that a light emitting device and a light-emission-side lens are held close to each other by a holding part extended from part of a stem in parallel with outgoing light of the light emitting d...	12/14/2006
20060133727	Adaptive transmitter arrangement for optical fibre communications and related method An arrangement for optical fibre communications, for used, e.g., in millimetre (MM) fibre transmission systems—includes: a source of optical radiation defining an offset launch path of optical radiation into an optical fibre, and at least one active element actuatable...	06/22/2006
20060078262	Optoelectronic module with high coupling efficiency An optoelectronic module includes a laser, a ball lens, a substrate, a reflector, and a focusing lens. The laser is operable to generates a diverging light beam along an optical axis. The ball lens has a center. The substrate has a surface supporting the laser and an al...	04/13/2006
20060056762	Lens optical coupler An optical coupling system having a high efficiency in coupling light from a light source to an optical fiber. The system may have a ball lens and an aspherical lens situated along the same optical path. The ball lens may be glass and the aspherical lens may be plastic....	03/16/2006
20060045419	Optical fiber coupling componet An optical fiber coupling part capable of reducing coupling loss while maintaining a large operating distance, and having a good module assembling property. AT least one GRIN lens having numerical aperture NA that is larger than numerical aperture NAs of a light-emittin...	03/02/2006
20060023998	Optoelectronic assembly with coupling features for alignment An optoelectronic assembly includes an optical lens element (OLE) coupled to a substrate. The substrate includes a transducer, a standing structure on the transducer, a transducer lens supported by the standing structure over the transducer, and alignment features. The ...	02/02/2006
20050201680	Methods for signal transmission in optical fiber This disclosure concerns methods for transmitting a signal in an optical system. In one example, the method begins when an optical signal is generated. Then, the optical signal is manipulated such that the optical signal defines a substantially annular intensity profile...	09/15/2005
20050201681	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 into each of the core channels. Openings are formed in the top cladding lay...	09/15/2005
20050196100	Large tolerance fiber optic transmitter and receiver An optical transmitter relaxes the tolerance between a source assembly and a fiber receptacle to facilitate passive alignment. The source assembly includes a light source and a lens. The lens is held at a fixed distance away from the light source using precise support s...	09/08/2005
20050123237	Optoelectric subassembly An optoelectric subassembly including a receptacle assembly with an optoelectric device mounted therein to define a light axis. The receptacle assembly includes an optical fiber mounting structure defining an opening with an end of an optical fiber received therein. The...	06/09/2005
20050123240	Optical collimator-use lens component, optical collimator, and method of assembling these Disclosed is an optical collimator-use lens component including: a thin tube; a partially spherical lens that has been fixed in an inner hole of the thin tube so that an insertion portion having a predetermined length is left, is made of glass whose refractive index is ...	06/09/2005
20050013539	Optical coupling system An optical coupling system having an integrated micro lens system for achieving high coupling efficiency between an optoelectronic element and an optical medium such as an optical fiber. The system may have a posts formed on the wafer incorporating the optoelectronic el...	01/20/2005

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