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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7215863 | Light pipe optical coupling utilizing convex-shaped light pipe end A light transmission device is provided including a light pipe having two ends, one end being an ellipsoidal-shaped end. A recess is configured within the ellipsoidal-shaped end for reception of a light source that transmits light into the light pipe. The recess inc... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215885 | Wavelength division element and optical module A wavelength division element includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter has incident angle-to-transmission wavelength characteristics and separates multiplexed lights in a plurality of wavelength bands into first lights that are in a first wavele... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212706 | Active alignment system for free space optics An optical transceiver antenna has a pair of cartridges supported by a pan/tilt mount. A lens at forward end of a cartridge interfaces light between an end of a light relay element retained by an axial deflection device and free space. The forward end of a cartridge... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211455 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor module A method for manufacturing a semiconductor module incorporated with an optical isolator making use of a Faraday rotator formed of a magnetic garnet film in which a magnetically saturated condition is maintained even without any external magnetic field, in which, at ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210930 | Apparatus and method for curing materials with radiation A hand held dental instrument for curing light-curable compounds comprises a housing and an array of solid state, light emitting junctions or dies for generating light having wavelengths within a narrow band of wavelengths (e.g. 400–500 nm). Preferably, a peak wav... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212343 | Compact wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer and method for making the same Designs of multiplexing/demultiplexing modules configured for N channels are disclosed. One of the features in the designs is to provide at least one concave mirror for compenstating filter tilting errors. The concave mirrors is placed where an incident traveling di... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211763 | Photon energy material processing using liquid core waveguide and a computer program for controlling the same A liquid core waveguide photon energy material processing system is provided. The system includes a photon energy source configured to generate a high intensity photon beam for material processing. The system also includes a liquid core waveguide configured to trans... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211784 | Photo-detection device and temperature distribution detection device using the same A photo-detection device comprising a base plate made of an insulation material and having a plurality of through holes formed in the base plate at a substantially equal distance, a plurality of optical fibers each having one end including a light receiving section ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212745 | Optical transmission system In an optical transmission system, a lens converges an optical signal outputted from a light emission element. The optical signal having passed .through the lens enters a multi-mode fiber (MMF). A vertex of the lens and an input plane of the MMF are at a distance. T... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212553 | Wavelength stabilized diode-laser array A fiber laser including doped-core fiber having inner and outer cladding is optically pumped by plurality of diode-lasers. Light emitted by the diode-lasers is coupled into a single multimode optical fiber. Light from the multimode optical fiber is directed to a wav... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209610 | Photoreceptor device module A light receiving element module includes a stem which signal pins penetrate; a base which is fixed in a direction perpendicular to the stem; a cap member which has a light passing-through hole and is fixed to the stem; a spherical lens which is inserted into the li... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206472 | Optical backplanes with integrated optical couplers and methods of making the same Optical backplanes providing integrated optical couplers to external optical fibers are disclosed, along with methods for making the same. An exemplary optical backplane has a first cladding layer disposed over the top surface of a substrate, and at least a first co... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204649 | Optical component with holder and manufacturing method thereof As means of the present invention, first, on the optical element, a plate-like peripheral edge part which is protruding, while surrounding an effective part having an optical function thereof, outside from the effective part is provided. Furthermore, at a part of th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206140 | Lens, lens array and optical receiver In one embodiment, a lens has an object surface and an image surface, with the shape of the image surface being defined by an equation having a conic component and a cone component. The lens may be incorporated into an optical receiver having a photodetector that is... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204645 | Apparatus and method for coupling laser energy into small core fibers A fiber optic connector for coupling focused radiant energy from a laser to a fiber optic conductor includes a secondary transmission path and one or more reflectors and/or heat sinks for deflecting errant radiant energy to a location where it be safely dissipated. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201767 | Device for ultraviolet radiation treatment of body tissues The device for ultraviolet radiation treatment of body tissues includes a UV light source, a halogen light source and a viewing mechanism all connected to a trifurcation joint by fiber optic cables. All three fiber optics cables are bundled together and exit the tri... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201939 | Optical fiber with antireflection coating, and method for manufacturing the same An optical member (for example, optical fiber) is dipped in a coating solution having a film forming material dissolved therein to form an antireflection film on the end surface of the optical member. When the optical member is pulled up from the coating solution, t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203391 | Optical module An optical module 100 comprises a substrate 110 at which V-shaped groove 110a and 110b are formed through etching to extend along directions perpendicular to each other and a cube-type wavelength division multiplexer 150 | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203390 | Planar lightwave circuit package An optical packaging arrangement combines a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) having an array of waveguides thereon, an array of photodetectors on a substrate to receive light beams coupled out of the PLC by the output ports, and a collimating faceplate, having a plura... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203398 | Compact DMD-based optical module An optical module having an integral optical waveguide with waveguide ports at each end. The optical waveguide receives an input light beam through a first waveguide port. The input light beam passes through the waveguide and is emitted from the second waveguide por... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200259 | Optical inspection system This invention discloses a method for determining a location of a border in a color image, the image comprising at least two color populations, between a first color region associated with a first one of the two color populations and a second color region associated... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200300 | Lensed fibers and methods of making lensed fibers The present invention provides lensed fibers and methods of making lensed fibers. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method of making a functional-coated lensed fiber includes the steps of providing a lensed fiber, the lensed fiber having a terminal sec... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198416 | Optical combiner device An optical device for combining optical signals of different wavelengths is described wherein an array of laser output beams are collimated, directed to propagate along a similar path, and coupled into an optical fiber through a single molded part. The single-part o... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195383 | Headlights for vehicles Headlight for motor vehicles, comprising at least one light source and at least one light guide associated with each light source, into which the light emitted by the light source can be coupled via a light coupling surface, wherein each light guide is associated wi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194160 | Filter module A filter module includes a first optical fiber collimator, a second optical fiber collimator, and a filter located between the first and second optical fiber collimators. The first optical fiber collimator includes a first optical fiber, a first optical fiber chip f... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193778 | Optical apparatus which uses a virtually imaged phased array to produce chromatic dispersion Various configurations of a virtually imaged phased array (VIPA) generator in combination with a mirror to compensate for chromatic dispersion. A VIPA generator produces a light traveling from the VIPA generator. In some embodiments, a variable curvature mirror is p... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194167 | Method and apparatus for a fiber optic housing and aligning device The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for a fiber optic housing and aligning device. In one embodiment, a fiber optic housing and aligning device is provided. The device includes a housing having an opening in a wall thereof, the wall having a curv... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189007 | Termination for optic fiber A terminal element for fiber optic communication has an elongated body defining a body axis and having a first end from which an optical fiber extends along the body axis. The body has a second end with an angled surface offset at an angle from the body axis. The fi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189226 | Coaxial illuminated laser endoscopic probe and active numerical aperture control A coaxial illuminated laser endoscopic probe and active numerical aperture control apparatus and method of use, succinctly known as an illumination and laser source, capable of selectively providing illumination light and laser treatment light through a single optic... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190863 | Light-pipe arrangement with reduced fresnel-reflection losses A solid light pipe arrangement with reduced Fresnel-reflection losses includes a light pipe with a solid core comprising a polymer. An optically clear substrate has first and second sides with an anti-reflective coating on at least one side. The substrate is adhered... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187141 | Methods and apparatus for illumination of liquids Methods and apparatus for illumination of liquids in a variety of environments. In one example, multi-color LED-based light sources are employed to achieve a wide range of enhanced lighting effects in liquids. In another example, a pool or spa is illuminated by one ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187493 | Laser microscope A laser microscope is provided in which a beam splitter extracts a part of a laser light of two wavelengths λ1=488 nm and λ2=514.5 nm, a prism spectrally resolves the laser light of the two wavelengths λ1 and λ2, a two-split photodiod... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187826 | Multiple-port optical package and DWDM module Optical package and module designs use multiple-port (e.g. six-port) optical packages to create compact DWDM modules, add/drop packages, heat dissipation packages, optical amplifier filters, and the like. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182528 | Diffractive grating member and optical communication module The present invention relates to a diffractive grating member and to an optical communication module. The optical communication module includes a semiconductor laser; a coupling optical system for coupling a light flux with a wavelength of λ1 emitted by the ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184186 | Optical switch assembly An apparatus for switching optical signals. An optical bench includes a plurality of through-openings for receiving a plurality of collimators and a plurality of actuators. The actuators include a mirror for redirecting an optical signal from one collimator to anoth... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184620 | 3-port optical add-drop multiplexer (OADM) A low cost compact 3-port single-channel OADM with improved optical isolation is provided in which the I/O fibers and add/drop fiber are arranged on the same side. The 3-port OADM includes a 3-fiber pigtail and an angled reflector that together eliminate the second ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179278 | Device for performing acupuncture using laser radiation A device for performing acupuncture on a patient using laser radiation as a device for producing laser radiation and a handpiece (1) which is connected thereto and which is brought into contact with the body of the patient in order to apply the laser radiatio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181105 | Method for adjusting alignment of laser beams in combined-laser-light source where the laser beams are incident on restricted area of light-emission end face of optical fiber A combined-laser-light source includes: a plurality of semiconductor lasers; an optical fiber; and an optical system which converges a bundle of laser beams emitted from the plurality of semiconductor lasers, and makes the converged bundle of the laser beams enter t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178995 | Method and apparatus for reducing reflectance in an optical mount using a glass spacer Embodiments of the invention generally provide an optical component configured to minimize reflectance. The component generally includes an optical housing having a bore formed therethrough, the bore having a central component receiving portion, and a glass block po... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181110 | Apparatus and method for combining light from two or more fibers into a single fiber An apparatus and method for combining light signals carried on a plurality of input fibers onto a single receiving fiber with a high degree of efficiency. The apparatus broadly comprises the receiving fiber and a plurality of input fiber-lens assemblies, with each f... | 02/20/2007 |
