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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7142761 | Method and apparatus for isolating an active region in an optical waveguide An apparatus and method for modulating a phase of optical beam in an electrically isolated active region of an optical waveguide. In one embodiment, an apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention includes an active region of an optical waveguide disp... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141806 | EUV light source collector erosion mitigation An EUV light source collector erosion mitigation method and apparatus for a collector comprising a multilayered mirror collector comprising a collector outer surface composed of a capping material subject to removal due to a removing interaction with materials creat... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142572 | Wavelength conversion laser apparatus with tunable fiber Bragg grating A grating is provided in an optical fiber for adjusting the wavelength of an output light from the optical resonator which consists mainly of a semiconductor light emitting device and the optical fiber to be slightly shorter than a wavelength range of an input light... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139301 | Laser spectral engineering for lithographic process An integrated circuit lithography technique called spectral engineering by Applicants, for bandwidth control of an electric discharge laser. In a preferred process, a computer model is used to model lithographic parameters to determine a desired laser spectrum neede... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139115 | Athermalization of an optical parametric oscillator A method for thermally stabilizing an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) 10 to maintain constant optical path length for stable high power output places a beam dump 32 outside an OPO cavity 18. The OPO 10 has a nonlinear crystal 22 | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139295 | Tunable wavelength locker, tunable wavelength spectrum monitor, and relative wavelength measurement system A system for tuning the wavelength of a beam from a tunable laser. A tunable etalon assembly includes a Fabry-Perot etalon with paired reflectors to filter the laser beam. The tunable etalon also includes a thermal unit to thermally adjust the separation of the pair... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136546 | Method and apparatus of monitoring and controlling the emission wavelengths of a plurality of laser sources integrated on the same chip or in the same photonic integrated circuit (PIC) A method and apparatus operates an array of laser sources as an integrated array on a single substrate or as integrated in an optical transmitter photonic integrated circuit (TxPIC) maintaining the emission wavelengths of such integrated laser sources at their targe... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136549 | Apparatus for modulating signal by using deflector integrated with dynamic single mode laser diode An optical modulator using a dynamic single mode laser diode (DSM-LD) integrated with a deflector is disclosed. The optical modulator for coupling a light beam to an optical fiber, the optical modulator includes: a laser diode for generating the light beam; and a de... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136553 | Tunable demultiplexer and tunable laser with optical deflector Provided are a tunable demultiplexer and a tunable laser, having an optical deflector in which a refractive index of a core layer of a deflection pattern region having a predetermined shape varies in response to an external electrical signal so that the optical defl... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133194 | Wavelength tunable light source integrated with optical amplifier, beam steering unit, and concave diffraction grating Provided is a wavelength tunable light source that can electrically tune wavelengths by monolithically integrating an optical amplifier, a beam steering unit, and a concave diffraction grating on a single substrate. A beam is deflected by the beam steering unit when... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133428 | Optical apparatus and method for producing the same A light generating apparatus includes: a submount; a semiconductor laser chip mounted on the submount; a substrate which is mounted on the submount and includes an optical waveguide; and a substance having a predetermined thickness which is disposed between the semi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130505 | Optical performance monitor An optical performance monitor for accurate monitoring of the OSNR of a WDM optical signal is provided wherein a demultiplexing arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) having a plurality of Vernier input ports is disposed between an optical switch and a photodiode array cou... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130322 | Wavelength tunable laser and method of controlling the same There is provided a phase control portion for controlling phase of a laser beam resonated in a resonator based on detected results by two optical detectors. The phase control portion adjusts the longitudinal mode positions by a feedback control so that a ratio of in... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130321 | Intracavity frequency-tripled CW laser with traveling-wave ring-resonator A traveling-wave ring laser resonator includes one or more gain-elements for generating fundamental radiation and three optically nonlinear crystals. A portion of the fundamental radiation is converted to second-harmonic radiation in a first of the crystals. Remaini... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130045 | Monochromator and method of use A monochromator for isolating or recombining a narrowband optical signal from a broadband signal. A cylinder with a continuous outer wall and two planar end surfaces is composed of a dispersive medium. The cylinder forms a multi-reflective cavity, wherein a broadban... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130059 | Common-path frequency-scanning interferometer Frequency-scanning interferometry is applied to common-path interferometers for measuring topographical features of test objects. A reference element located adjacent to a test object functions as both a beamsplitter and a reference surface. A first portion of a mea... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130320 | External cavity laser with rotary tuning element An external cavity laser has a wavelength of the laser output that is tuned by a rotary tuning element mounted on the axle of a motor. The rotary tuning element includes a variable thickness interference film for wavelength selection, and a variable thickness compen... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125632 | Fiber optic devices having volume Bragg grating elements Fiber optic devices including volume Bragg grating (VBG) elements are disclosed. A fiber optic device may include one or more optical inputs, one or more VBG elements, and one or more optical receivers. Methods for manufacturing VBG elements and for controlling filt... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126971 | Open-path laser/optical communication systems and methods utilizing wavelengths between atmospheric and gaseous absorption lines An open-path optical communication system has either optical or laser sources and communicates between the source and a detector. In a first embodiment, the laser source includes a gas cell in the laser cavity to regulate laser wavelengths based on the minimum absor... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123632 | Laser beam source In a laser beam source for projecting laser pulses, having a laser-active medium (10), a controllable pump device (11) for exciting the medium (10), a resonator (13) for inducing oscillation of the medium (10), which resonator has ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123676 | Method and system for antenna interference cancellation A wireless communication system can comprise two or more antennas that interfere with one another via free space coupling, surface wave crosstalk, dielectric leakage, or other interference effect. The interference effect can produce an interference signal on one of ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122816 | Method and apparatus for EUV light source target material handling An EUV light source plasma source material handling system and method is disclosed which may comprise a droplet generator having a droplet generator plasma source material reservoir in fluid communication with a droplet formation capillary and maintained within a se... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123795 | Methods for the alignment and calibration of the spectral responses of optical filters A method for aligning the spectral responses of two comb-like optical filters is provided. This method does not necessitate the use of spectrally-resolved equipment, as it uses the optical power correlation profile of a broadband light signal representative of the c... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120336 | Resonator for thermo optic device A resonator for thermo optic devices is formed in the same process steps as a waveguide and is formed in a depression of a lower cladding while the waveguide is formed on a surface of the lower cladding. Since upper surfaces of the resonator and waveguide are substa... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120183 | Electro-absorption modulated laser with high operating temperature tolerance An electra-absorption modulator and electra-absorption modulated laser are described that include a semiconductor layer having an electrically controllable absorption. The material composition of the semiconductor layer is chosen so that the semiconductor layer is s... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120321 | Control method and device for optical filter The present invention relates to a control method and device for an optical filter, and a primary object of the present invention is to achieve accurate tracking control of the optical filter. Disclosed herein is a control method for an optical filter including firs... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120176 | Wavelength reference apparatus and method Apparatus and methods usable for wavelength references and measurement of wavelength of a light beam. The apparatus comprise at least two wavelength reference or filter elements positioned in a light beam, each wavelength reference element having a different free sp... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120178 | Chip carrier apparatus and method A chip carrier having improver thermal properties, wherein the chip carrier may be formed having waist section, and a first transverse end portion joined to the waist section. A first surface of the carrier being configured to receive a chip thereon, and a second su... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116907 | Acousto-optical tunable filters cascaded together A configuration of acousto-optical tunable filters (AOTF) having stable output characteristics so that the output does not significantly vary with time. The configuration includes a plurality of AOTFs cascaded together. Each AOTF generates a surface acoustic wave in... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116865 | Apparatus and methods for remakeable connections to optical waveguides A single-mode optical waveguide with a core, surrounded by a cladding consisting of an inner soft layer and an outer harder layer is described. The outer layer has a grating structure on its inner surface, whose spatial frequency is the same as that of the guided mo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115858 | Apparatus and method for the measurement of diffracting structures A normal incidence reflectometer includes a rotatable analyzer/polarizer, which permits measurement of a diffracting structure. Relative rotation of the analyzer/polarizer with respect to the diffracting structure permits analysis of the diffracted radiation at mult... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116481 | Optical component A tunable optical resonator for use as a tunable laser or optical filter comprising a cavity in which the cavity is delimited by a reflection grating and a reflector in which the reflection grating is fixed to a flexible support, the resonator also comprising means ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116468 | Design of quasi-phasematched optical frequency converters Quasi-phasematching design to provide an approximation to a desired spectral amplitude response A(f) is provided. An initial phase response φ(f) corresponding to A(f) is generated. Preferably, d2φ(f)/df2 is proportional to A2(f). A... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116483 | Distributed bragg reflector and method of fabrication A distributed Bragg reflector and a method of fabricating the same incorporates a support for supporting the gaps against collapse. The method includes forming a plurality of alternating structure and sacrificial layers on a substrate. The structure and sacrificial ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116695 | Laser output light pulse beam parameter transient correction system An apparatus and method for producing laser output light pulses in bursts of pulses, at a selected pulse repetition rate, forming a laser output light beam, separated by an off time is disclosed, which may comprise a laser output light pulse beam parameter adjustmen... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116846 | Athermal fiber Bragg grating An a thermal fiber Bragg grating assembly. A platform provides two attachment locations and has a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A stick provides two ends and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion. A fiber Bragg grating provides two ends and has eff... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112827 | Tunable wavelength laser A light oscillation part including an active layer for generating light by current injection, a tuning layer with an intermediate layer formed between the active layer and the tuning layer, for varying an oscillation wavelength by current injection and a diffraction... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113525 | Semiconductor micro-resonator for monitoring an optical device An optical device includes an optical waveguide through which light propagates and a micro-resonator structure including an optical sensor. The micro-resonator is configured to resonate at a wavelength of light that may be transmitted through the optical waveguide. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109503 | Systems for protecting internal components of an EUV light source from plasma-generated debris Systems and methods are disclosed for protecting an EUV light source plasma production chamber optical element surface from debris generated by plasma formation. In one aspect of an embodiment of the present invention, a shield is disclosed which comprises at least ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110624 | Fiber optic mechanical/thermal tuner and isolator A tunable fiber optic component providing environmental isolation, thermal tuning, and mechanical tuning and a method of tuning a fiber optic component using application of substantially simultaneous varying of temperature and mechanical strain is disclosed. A metho... | 09/19/2006 |
