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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7193879 | Techniques for multiple frequency chirp readout of material with inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectrum Techniques for reading the spectral content of a spatial-spectral grating in an inhomogeneously broadened transition (IBT) material include directing multiple probe waveforms to probe a spatial mode of the IBT material. Each probe waveform is a linear frequency modu... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194162 | Filter response optimization for an arrayed waveguide grating device by adjusting grating optical path length at nanometer scale A method of optimizing a filter response of an arrayed waveguide grating is disclosed. The method includes the step of measuring a respective phase error of a plurality of waveguide cores of the arrayed waveguide grating. Once the phase error is measured, a respecti... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190269 | Fiber optic security system and control method thereof The invention relates to a fiber optic security system and control method thereof which, in detail, is embodied by plural channels each comprising an optical transmitter module, an optical transmission line, and an optical receiver module. The invention is easy to i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189961 | Scanning beam device with detector assembly The present invention provides scanning beam devices that have one or more detectors positioned within a housing of the device. The detector(s) may be disposed anywhere within the housing to receive light reflected from the target area. In one embodiment, an optical... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190849 | Display device A display device is provided having a light-emitter for emitting light depending upon predetermined display data, and a display panel having a plurality of elongated optical waveguides for conducting light entering from the light-emitter, and an addresser for extrac... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190877 | Methods of fabricating nanoclusters and dielectric layer having the same Methods of fabricating nanoclusters, e.g., germanium nanoclusters, and/or a dielectric layer having the same are provided. The method may include forming a first silicon oxide layer on a silicon substrate; forming a germanium (GeO) layer on the silicon oxide layer; ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187825 | System and method for extending viewing angle of light emitted from light pipe Described is a system with a light pipe body having a first end and a second end, wherein a light source provides light beams at a first end of the light pipe body, the light beams traveling through the light pipe body. The system further includes a light-emitting s... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187873 | Compensation of polarization mode dispersion in single mode fiber for maximum-likelihood sequence estimation An output signal of a single mode fiber (SMF) is spectrally shaped to achieve characteristics of a predefined channel “target” response. The target response is that of a partial-response, maximum-likelihood channel with additive white Gaussian noise. A receiver ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184212 | Observation apparatus An observation apparatus is disclosed that includes two projection devices, a display panel, and a retaining and supporting member. The two projection devices are each provided with an aperture, and are positioned and oriented so that images are projected onto the d... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184623 | Apparatus, system and method for an adiabatic coupler for multi-mode fiber-optic transmission systems An improved fiber-optic communications system comprises a multi-mode waveguide carrying an optical signal, a single-mode waveguide optically coupled to and receiving the optical signal from the multi-mode waveguide and an adiabatic coupler optically coupled between ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184641 | Surface-plasmon index guided (SPIG) waveguides and surface-plasmon effective index guided (SPEIG) waveguides A new class of surface plasmon waveguides is presented. The basis of these structures is the presence of surface plasmon modes, supported on the interfaces between the dielectric regions and the flat unpatterned surface of a bulk metallic substrate. The waveguides d... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184645 | Separator for optical-fiber tape A separator for an optical-fiber tape, the optical-fiber tape including a group of optical-fibers extending in parallel with each other, the separator including a supporting member configured to support a length of the optical-fiber tape along a first lateral edge t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181101 | Optical measuring system with arrayed optical receivers and method thereof The disclosure is an optical measuring system and the method thereof for precisely measuring physical characteristics of light emitted from waveguides, such as beam size, pattern, strength, focusing, collimation degree, and divergence angle, by means of a plane opti... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181112 | Three color digital gobo system A system of digitally controlling light output by producing separate control signals for different colors of light. The light is contained in an optical waveguide, either prior to shaping or after shaping. Each of the control signals is coupled to a digitally contro... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181100 | Interconnect mechanism for connecting a laser driver to a laser A transmission mechanism for transmitting an electrical signal from the output stage of an electro-optic transducer driver to an electro-optic transducer. The transmission mechanism includes the electro-optic transducer, the electro-optic transducer driver and a ter... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178996 | High density optical transceiver The invention relates to a high density small form factor opto-electronic transceiver system in which the module housing and guide rail from a large form factor transceiver system, e.g. an X2 transceiver, are used to house a plurality of small form factor... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175352 | Connector-plug part for an optical plug-in connection In order to advantageously weld a pre-mounted connector-plug part (1) to an optical waveguide cable, the connector-plug part is provided with a pin holder (4) receiving a connector-plug pin (2) on a pin receiving section (5). Preferably, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175980 | Method of making a plastic colorimetric resonant biosensor device with liquid handling capabilities Methods of producing liquid handling biosensor devices are provided. The liquid handling biosensor devices allow detection of biomolecular interactions in liquid. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177489 | Silicon-insulator-silicon thin-film structures for optical modulators and methods of manufacture The present invention provides silicon based thin-film structures that can be used to form high frequency optical modulators. Devices of the invention are formed as layered structures that have a thin-film dielectric layer, such as silicon dioxide, sandwiched betwee... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174072 | Optical device having optical waveguide and method for manufacturing the same An optical device includes: a silicon substrate; a plurality of silicon oxide columns having a rectangular plan shape; and a cavity disposed between the columns. Each column has a lower portion disposed on the substrate. Each column has a width defined as W1.... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171097 | Hex tube light homogenizer splitter A right angle light diverter includes a hexagonal tube that is bent at a right angle that is coated with a highly reflective coating on the inside surface. An incoming light beam may be homogenized upon entering an input port of the hexagonal tube and may be evenly ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170599 | Method and instrument for detecting biomolecular interactions Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods may be performed in a high-throughput manner. An instrument system for detecting a biochemical interaction on a biosensor. The system includes an array of... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171089 | Enhanced supercontinuum generation in highly nonlinear fibers using post-fabrication processing Enhancement of the supercontinuum generation performance of a highly-nonlinear optical fiber (HNLF) is accomplished by performing at least one post-processing treatment on the HNLF. Particularly, UV exposure of the HNLF will modify its dispersion and effective area ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168646 | Trapezoidal coil for fiber optic gyroscopes A trapezoidal bobbin for providing a foundation for a coil of optical fiber comprises an elongated hub, an upper flange and a lower flange. The elongated hub includes a longitudinal axis, a first end, a second end and an exterior surface. The hub is symmetrically di... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168862 | Optical fiber decoration device using LED light source and article decorated thereby An optical fiber decoration device has various merits: small power consumption, no danger of fire, simple water-proof design and economical, battery can be used, excellent portability, long service life of light source, and no danger of destruction during transporta... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167630 | Beam shaper and imaging head having beam shapers Beam shapers, imaging heads formed using such beam shapers and methods are provided that are adapted to shape a light beam for use in imaging. In accordance with one method described herein a light beam is received and the light beam is reflectively scrambled to for... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167622 | Photonic crystal fibers and medical systems including photonic crystal fibers In general, in one aspect, the invention features systems, including a photonic crystal fiber including a core extending along a waveguide axis and a dielectric confinement region surrounding the core, the dielectric confinement region being configured to guide radi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167631 | Highly stable and very light optical bench and extra terrestric use of such an optical bench Apparatus with an optical bench and at least one optical element, which is attached on the optical bench, whereby the optical bench comprises a layer structure with an extruded honeycomb plate from light alloy, paper or char-fiber-reinforced plastic. A first cover l... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165311 | Method for attaching filamentary members to a substrate An apparatus and a method for attaching filamentary members to a substrate are disclosed. The substrate includes a plastic layer and the apparatus includes an anvil, a needle and a swaging tool movable relatively to the anvil. The method includes the steps of penetr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167617 | Optical coupling device and method for fabricating the same, and master used in fabricating optical coupling device and method for fabricating the same An integrated type optical coupling device capable of easily accurately performing an optical arrangement between a narrow-pitch multi-channel optical waveguide and an optical fiber array and a master used in fabricating the same are provided. By forming a fixing pr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167627 | Substrate with attached filamentary members A substrate having attached filamentary members is disclosed. The substrate includes a plastic layer and the apparatus for attaching the filamentary member includes an anvil, a needle and a swaging tool movable relatively to the anvil. The method of attachment inclu... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167612 | Wavelength tunable filter capable of being bidirectionally driven by electromagnetic forces A wavelength tunable filter capable of being driven such that reflecting mirrors move more distant as well as closer by using the principle that a direction of the electromagnetic forces changes depending on the direction of the current flowing perpendicular to the ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163598 | Optical waveguide and method for producing same An optical waveguide having a optical waveguide path capable of securing a high light propagation characteristic regardless of the type of a supporting base, provided with a multilayer circuit board, an optical waveguide path arranged on the multilayer circuit board... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164842 | Backlighting device A backlighting device includes a light guide plate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and a point light source to generate light incident on the first side of the light guide plate. The light guide plate has a plurality of longitudinal... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163293 | Projection system and method A projection system including light emitting units, a scrolling unit, and a light valve. The light emitting units emitting light beams of different wavelengths. The scrolling unit has spirally arranged cylinder lens cells which separate the light beams into color be... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164481 | Coefficient of linear expansion measuring apparatus and coefficient of linear expansion measuring method A coefficient of linear expansion measuring apparatus includes: two reflection plates between which a sample is put, a container to house them, which is filled with a gas having known rate of a refractive index variation, a temperature regulating member to set a tem... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162140 | Monitoring an optical element of a processing head of a machine for thermal processing of a workpiece An apparatus for monitoring soiling of an optical element of a processing head of a machine for laser processing of a workpiece includes a first transparent optical element, positioned in a path of a laser beam, a second transparent optical element, positioned in th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162125 | Optimized grating based biosensor and substrate combination A grating-based biosensor is disclosed where the biosensor is constructed and arranged such that the grating lines of the sensor align with an optical axis of a birefringent substrate, so as to improve resonance peak uniformity. Methods of manufacturing biosensors t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160673 | System and method for holographic fabrication and replication of diffractive optical elements for maskless lithography A method is disclosed for forming an array of focusing elements for use in a lithography system. In accordance with an embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing a master element that includes at least one diffractive pattern at a first location with res... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159990 | Method of manufacturing reflective mirror, illumination device, and projector A reflective mirror manufacturing method for manufacturing a reflective mirror used in an illumination device including an arc tube including a light-emitting portion and a reflective mirror including a reflective surface that reflects light from the light-emitting ... | 01/09/2007 |
