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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8023170 | Total internal reflection modulator A total internal reflection (TIR) modulator includes a member comprising an electro-optic material; a plurality of first electrode sets; a plurality of second electrode sets; and a first set of electrical conductors, each electrical conductor in the first set of ele... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7839554 | Multiple-quantum well structure with electric field control In one aspect, the invention provides a defect multiple-quantum-well structure for manipulation of reflection and transmission of light by way of optical control of spatial distribution of electric field across the defect multiple-quantum-well structure. The defect ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7813023 | Electro-optic mirror A reflective element assembly for an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle includes front and rear substrates with a perimeter seal that spaces said front substrate from said rear substrate and establishes an interpane cavity therebetween for an electro-optic medium... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7697188 | Projection display system for modulating light beams from plural laser light sources The present invention provides a projection display system, comprising: plural laser light sources; an illumination optical system for illuminating, in different beam axes, light beams emitted from the individual laser light sources; a deflection mirror device, cons... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7580173 | Optical information detecting method and optical information detector There is provided an optical information detecting method comprising: detecting an image of a source data page containing a frame mask by the use of an optical detection region within respective 1:N (where N is greater than 1) excessive detection pixels; monitoring ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7557980 | Optical path switching device An optical path switching device is provided. The optical path switching device utilizes the electro-optic effect to apply an electric field on different reflective elements without moving an input/output end of optical signal or reflective elements. Thus, the refle... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7440590 | System and technique for retrieving depth information about a surface by projecting a composite image of modulated light patterns A technique, associated system and program code, for retrieving depth information about at least one surface of an object. Core features include: projecting a composite image comprising a plurality of modulated structured light patterns, at the object; capturing an ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7405857 | Light emitting diode (LED) device and method of making same A light managing screen may provide a rear projection screen, front projection screen or component thereof. The screen may comprise a polymeric composition including a first polymeric material, and a second polymeric material disposed as a plurality of elongated str... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7372447 | Microdisplay for portable communication systems The invention relates to a microdisplay system that utilizes a small high resolution active matrix liquid crystal display with an illumination system and a magnifying optical system to provide a hand held communication display device. The system can employ an LED il... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372607 | Apparatus for reducing drops in a transmission spectrum due to inter-pixel gaps The invention includes an apparatus for modulating an optical signal. The apparatus includes a spatial dispersion mechanism and a modulating mechanism. The spatial dispersion mechanism spatially disperses the optical signal. The spatially dispersed optical signal ha... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362932 | Method for fabricating optical devices by assembling multiple wafers containing planar optical waveguides An optical device comprises a first substrate wafer with at least one buried optical waveguide on an approximately flat planar surface of the substrate and a second substrate wafer with at least a second buried optical waveguide. The waveguides so formed may be stra... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356227 | Optical switch, optical modulator and wavelength variable filter An optical switch, an optical modulator, and a wavelength variable filter each have a simple configuration, which requires only a low driving voltage, which is independent of polarization, and which can operate at high speed. An optical switch includes a 3-dB couple... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355780 | System and method of illuminating interferometric modulators using backlighting An interferometric modulator array device with backlighting is disclosed. The interferometric modulator array device comprises a plurality of interferometric modulator elements, wherein each of the interferometric modulator elements comprises an optical cavity. The ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7321354 | Microdisplay for portable communication systems The invention relates to a microdisplay system that utilizes a small high resolution active matrix liquid crystal display with an illumination system and a magnifying optical system to provide a hand held communication display device. The system can employ an LED il... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319553 | Optical modulator module package structure Disclosed herein is an optical modulator module package structure. In the optical modulator module package structure, an optical modulator device and a drive integrated circuit device are flip-chip bonded to a substrate, and an opening of the substrate is blocked us... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7295360 | Structure having light modulating film and light control device using the same A structure includes a substrate and a light modulating film formed on top of the substrate. The light modulating film is made of polycrystalline PLZT containing Pb, Zr, Ti, and La as constituent elements. The film has a La concentration in the range of 5 at % to 30... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292382 | Light control unit A light control unit comprises: a substrate; an insulating film; a first transistor; a reflecting film formed on the insulating film; a light modulating film formed on the reflecting film; a plurality of pairs of electrodes arranged two-dimensionally on the light mo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286764 | Reconfigurable modulator-based optical add-and-drop multiplexer An optical add and drop multiplexer system comprising a first module for providing a first signal; a second module for providing a second signal; and a modulator for receiving a channel of the first signal at a first location, the first location configured to actuat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280263 | Reflective spatial light modulator A micro-mirror array that is useful, for example, in a reflective spatial light modulator. In one embodiment, the micro mirror array includes spacer support walls, a vertical torsion hinge, and a mirror plate, all being fabricated from a single wafer. The micro-mirr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7262899 | Electrochemically controlled optical devices Optical devices, are provided, having a first conductive layer, an optical layer, arranged over the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer, arranged over a portion of the optical layer, in accordance with a predetermined pattern. The optical layer is ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262898 | Apparatus for reducing drops in a transmission spectrum due to inter-pixel gaps The invention includes an apparatus for modulating an optical signal. The apparatus includes a modulating mechanism comprising a plurality of modulating component arrays, each modulating component array comprising a plurality of modulating components, wherein adjace... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242383 | Portable microdisplay system An active matrix color crystal display has an active matrix circuit, a counterelectrode panel and an interposed layer of liquid crystal. The active matrix display is located in a portable microdisplay system that has a display computer that generates images to be di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7212326 | Optical external modulator An optical external modulator includes an optical waveguide having a first interferometer section and a second interferometer section formed on an electro-optic substrate. An electrode structure disposed on the substrate transmits an RF drive signal that is applied ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207678 | Prism for high contrast projection Prism elements having TIR surfaces placed in close proximity to the active area of a SLM device to separate unwanted off-state and/or flat-state light from the projection ON-light bundle. The TIR critical angle of these prisms is selected to affect either the off-st... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7190504 | Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device is provided comprising an electro-optical material and means for applying an electric field to the electro-optical material, in which a plurality of pixel regions DR, DG and DB capable of separately controll... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7180648 | Electro-absorption modulator device and methods for fabricating the same An electro-absorption light intensity modulator device is provided that comprises a first and a second layer disposed relative to the first layer so as to provide a light-absorbing optical confinement region. The first layer comprises a first insulator layer, and th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177081 | High contrast grating light valve type device A grating light valve has with a plurality of spaced reflective ribbons are spatially arranged over a substrate with reflective surfaces. The grating light valve is configured to optimized the conditions for constructive and destructive interference with an incident... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7155076 | Target molecules detection by waveguiding in a photonic silicon membrane Disclosed herein is a porous silicon filter capable of binding and detecting biological and chemical target molecules in liquid or gas samples. A photonic waveguiding silicon filter with chemical and/or biological anchors covalently attached to the pore walls bind t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7133577 | Optical modulator and methods of making and using optical modulator An optical modulator includes a confinement region of semiconductor material defining at least a portion of a light path through the optical modulator. The optical modulator also includes electrical contacts for connection with a voltage source for injecting carrier... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7099065 | Micromirrors with OFF-angle electrodes and stops A spatial light modulator is disclosed, along with methods for making such a modulator that comprises an array of mirror devices each having at least a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode is designated for driving the mirror plate of the micr... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7068372 | MEMS interferometer-based reconfigurable optical add-and-drop multiplexor The interferometer comprises a beam splitter, a mirror and a phase modulator. The beam splitter splits a signal into a first portion and a second portion. The mirror reflects the first portion. The first portion includes an optical path length, which is fixed. The p... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065300 | Optical transmitter including a linear semiconductor optical amplifier An improved optical transmitter comprises a vertically lasing semiconductor optical amplifier (VLSOA) coupled to an external modulator and/or a laser source. The VLSOA, external modulator and laser source are discrete devices or alternatively integrated onto a commo... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7057788 | Spatial light modulator and light pulse waveform controller A chirp compensation dielectric multilayer film mirror (10) reflects an incident light in a predetermined wavelength range and has group delay characteristics that prevent at least one of the dielectric multilayer film mirror (10) and a light transmiss... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057819 | High contrast tilting ribbon blazed grating The light modulator includes elongated elements and a support structure coupled to the elongated elements. Each element includes one or more lengthwise slits within an active optical area, and a light reflective planar surface with the light reflective planar surfac... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054515 | Diffractive light modulator-based dynamic equalizer with integrated spectral monitor An integrated device of the present invention comprises free-space optics, a bi-directional multiplexor/de-multiplexor, a diffractive light modulator, a beam splitter, an optical performance monitor, and a controller. The free-space optics collimate, transform and i... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049164 | Microelectronic mechanical system and methods The current invention provides for encapsulated release structures, intermediates thereof and methods for their fabrication. The multi-layer structure has a capping layer, that preferably comprises silicon oxide and/or silicon nitride, and which is formed over an et... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042611 | Pre-deflected bias ribbons A modulator for and a method of modulating an incident beam of light including means for supporting a plurality of active elements and a plurality of bias elements, each active and bias element including a light reflective planar surface with the light reflective pl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038752 | Optical interference type of color display An optical interference color display comprising a transparent substrate, an inner-front optical diffusion layer, a plurality of first electrodes, a patterned support layer, a plurality of optical films and a plurality of second electrodes is provided. The inner-fro... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027202 | Silicon substrate as a light modulator sacrificial layer An optical MEM device is fabricated with a patterned device layer formed on a silicon wafer. Preferably, the patterned device layer is patterned with plurality of ribbons and/or access trenches. The central portion of the ribbon is released from the silicon wafer us... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6999106 | Reducing the bias on silicon light modulators A negative bias voltage may be utilized to bias a spatial light modulator and to enable the spatial light modulator to be modulated using relatively low supply voltages. During the negative frame, a positive bias voltage may be utilized and during the positive frame... | 02/14/2006 |
