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| 8089677 | Dynamic optical grating device and associated method for modulating light A dynamic optical grating device and associated method for modulating light is provided that is capable of controlling the spectral properties and propagation of light without moving mechanical components by the use of a dynamic electric and/or magnetic field. By ch... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8027079 | Methods of fabricating display device and felxible color display medium module thereof A method of fabricating the flexible color display medium module includes the steps of: forming a flexible substrate on a rigidly substrate; forming a color filter film comprising a plurality of color filter patterns; forming the display medium layer on the color fi... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8004737 | Electric-field-sensitive element and display device using the same An electric-field-sensitive element (1) includes: an optical function layer (5) that includes a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of tin dioxide, titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, and an insulating material covering the metal oxide, the opt... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7884991 | Structure and method for realizing electromagnetically-induced transparency The present invention discloses a structure and method for realizing electromagnetically-induced transparency. In the present invention, a first split-ring resonator and a second split-ring resonator form a resonance structure. The first split-ring resonator and the... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7768687 | Photoelastic modulator A photoelastic modulator, comprising a driving block and a driver transducer for perturbing said block in a predefined direction to establish a standing wave extending longitudinally in said block and hence perpendicularly to said predefined direction. The transduce... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7545549 | Light modulation device A first reflecting body, which has semi-transmissive semi-reflective characteristics, a light transmissive fine hole body having a plurality of fine holes, which are adapted to be filled with a light transmissive substance and have diameters sufficiently smaller tha... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7426322 | Plasmon photocatalysis Plasmons on a waveguide may deliver energy to photocatalyze a reaction. The waveguide or other energy carrier may be configured to carry electromagnetic energy and generate plasmon energy at one or more locations proximate to the waveguide, where the plasmon energy ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7406217 | Plasmon photocatalysis Plasmons on a waveguide may deliver energy to photocatalyze a reaction. The waveguide or other energy carrier may be configured to carry electromagnetic energy and generate plasmon energy at one or more locations proximate to the waveguide, where the plasmon energy ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405867 | Miniature optical modulator module using flexible printed circuit board An optical modulator module is disclosed, comprising a bendable flexible printed circuit board in which a circuit pattern is formed, and to which control signals are inputted from the outside; an optical modulator element modulating an incident light according to a ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7394587 | Apparatus having a photonic crystal An apparatus, including a substrate, having an internal surface where at least a portion of the internal surface has a smoothly varying curvature in three orthogonal directions. The apparatus also includes a photonic crystal disposed over and conformal to at least a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383062 | PC card and method of using same A wireless PC card includes a housing portion including a width and a lens extending substantially the width of the housing portion; a light pipe housed by the housing portion; a substantially flat plug portion extending from the housing portion and configured to be... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376302 | Broadband optical spectrum generating apparatus and pulsed light generating apparatus A broadband optical spectrum generating apparatus 20 includes a ultrashort pulsed fiber laser 22 that generates pulsed light having a pulse width in the unit of picosecond to femtosecond, and broadband optical spectrum-generating optical fibers 24 | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373090 | Modulator driver circuit with selectable on-chip termination A method and apparatus to accommodate differing output loads without sacrificing impedance matching in an optical modulator driver. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365895 | Display device A display device comprising the following arranged from light input side in the order listed below: a first reflector having a semi-transmissive and semi-reflective property; a translucent porous body having a plurality of pores in which a translucent material is fi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359585 | Plasmon photocatalysis Plasmons on a waveguide may deliver energy to photocatalyze a reaction. The waveguide or other energy carrier may be configured to carry electromagnetic energy and generate plasmon energy at one or more locations proximate to the waveguide, where the plasmon energy ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7334727 | Store management system A store management system executes store operations, employing a communication apparatus In the store, connected with at least one store terminal by way of a first line Inside the store and connected with a server by a second line outside the store. The communicatio... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324760 | Apparatus and method for phase synchronization control in RZ optical transmitter An optical RZ transmitter comprises an optical signal source and a pair of electro-optical modulators in tandem, one arranged to receive a NRZ electrical data signal and the other a clock signal at the data rate of the data signal. The phase difference between the d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321482 | Sub-circuit voltage manipulation An integrated circuit is provided which in one embodiment includes a first sub-circuit coupled to a first power supply rail providing a first power supply voltage; a second sub-circuit coupled to a second power supply rail providing a second power supply voltage; an... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7304743 | Diffuse reflectance readhead A glucose monitoring system comprising a readhead positioned a predetermined distance from a sample aperture. The readhead comprises first and second LEDs adapted to emit intersecting paths of light. A beam splitter is positioned at the intersection of the light pat... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295723 | Plasmon photocatalysis Plasmons on a waveguide may deliver energy to photocatalyze a reaction. The waveguide or other energy carrier may be configured to carry electromagnetic energy and generate plasmon energy at one or more locations proximate to the waveguide, where the plasmon energy ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286766 | Free space optical communication system with power level management A free space optical communication system includes an adaptive optical power regulator. The adaptive optical power regulator adapts to changes in effective loss associated with the free space optical path. In one embodiment the adaptive optical power regulator adapt... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282706 | Advanced optics for rapidly patterned laser profiles in analytical spectrometry The present invention is directed to a novel arrangement of optical devices for the rapid patterning of laser profiles used for desorption and/or ionization sources in analytical mass spectrometry. Specifically, the new optical arrangement provides for a user-define... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277641 | Multiple access space communications optical system using a common telescope aperture The present invention relates to a multiple access space laser communications optical system. According to the present invention, multiple optical signals containing a number of channels are simultaneously received and demultiplexed at a multiple access communicatio... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265712 | Method and apparatus for processing high time-bandwidth signals using a material with inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectrum Techniques for analog processing of high time-bandwidth-product (TBP) signals use a material with an inhomogeneously broadened absorption spectrum including multiple homogeneously broadened absorption lines. A first set of signals on optical carriers interact in the... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7242699 | Wavelength tunable semiconductor laser apparatus The present invention relates to wavelength tunable DBR semiconductor laser devices in which light waves generated from a plurality of laser portions (or laser channels) are combined. This type of semiconductor laser device requires that the laser channels together ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7230604 | Display medium driving method A drive method for a display medium containing two particle types can drive the display medium with a low voltage and thereby achieve high image resolution, downsize the drive circuit, and lower the cost while improving the durability of the display medium. The disp... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228014 | System for reducing the electrical return loss of a lithium niobate traveling wave optical modulator with low characteristic impedance An electro-optical modulator is disclosed that has a microwave input, chip with a thin film resistor or a lumped resistor located between an input RF connector and an RF electrode on a Lithium Niobate chip. The accessory connection chip has a broadband attenuator li... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218483 | Magnetoresistive effect element, magnetic head and magnetic reproducing apparatus A spin valve type magnetoresistive effect element for vertical electric conduction includes a magnetoresistive effect film in which a resistance adjustment layer made of a material containing conductive carriers not more than 1022/cm3 is insert... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215457 | Apparatus and methods for modulating refractive index An iono-refractive structure that includes one or more ion insertion layers having a real portion and an imaginary portion of the dielectric constant is provided. While both the real portion and the imaginary portion of the dielectric constant change, the change in ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7193767 | Method for enhancing visibility Method for automatic image enhancement to common optics in-use today at various visibility conditions by combining devices such as a Light Control Panel (32), collimating optics (30, 31), diffractive optics (45,46), reflective optics (35, 36 | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7177061 | Semiconductor optical modulator having a quantum well structure for increasing effective photocurrent generating capability An optical modulator comprises a first waveguide layer and a barrier layer, and a quantum well layer sandwiched between the first waveguide layer and the barrier layer, where the quantum well layer has a graded composition that varies the bandgap energy of the quant... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170470 | Methods and apparatus for subjecting an element to an electrical field The invention includes providing a display by moving a colorant particle, having an electric charge, inside a channel of a body in a direction that is substantially parallel to a direction of extension of the channel and a direction of incoming illumination rays. Th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167156 | Electrowetting display The present invention comprises construction of a display from display elements that are actuated using the physical principle of electrowetting. In one embodiment, pores within porous silicon are filled with an ionic and an optically reflective electronic conductor... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166182 | Adhesive and sealing layers for electrophoretic displays The invention is directed to methods and compositions for improving the adhesion properties and switching performance of an electrophoretic display. The methods and compositions comprise the use of a high dielectric polymer or oligomer and optionally a crosslinking ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162108 | Planar lightwave circuit variable optical attenuator The invention relates to a variable optical attenuator constructed as a Mach Zehnder planar lightwave circuit, particularly including a channel waveguide support structure for heat isolation and stress relief to reduce polarization dependent loss (PDL) and power con... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145709 | Apparatus and methods for modulating refractive index An iono-refractive structure that includes one or more ion insertion layers having a real portion and an imaginary portion of the dielectric constant is provided. While both the real portion and the imaginary portion of the dielectric constant change, the change in ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141279 | Transmissive or reflective liquid crystal display and novel process for its manufacture This invention relates to a liquid crystal display with improved contrast ratio, switching performance, reflectivity at the Dmin state and structural integrity, and methods for its manufacture. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142351 | Electro-magnetophoresis display The present invention is directed to an electro-magnetophoresis display having either the traditional up/down or dual switching mode. The display cells are filled with an electro-magnetophoretic dispersion comprising particles suspended in a solvent and the particle... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130540 | Optical transmission systems, devices, and methods Optical systems and devices for processing spectral groups, and optical methods for forming spectral groups, the optical system including at least one sub-network including at least one spectral group router configurable to route a plurality of optical signal channe... | 10/31/2006 |
