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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7751112 | Magnetic control of surface states A magnetic field may be applied to a plasmon path to affect plasmon propagation. ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7535616 | Polarization controlling apparatus and polarization operation apparatus A polarization controlling apparatus includes a permanent magnet itself or a permanent magnet to which a part capable of being magnetized is applied, an electromagnet capable of changing the magnitude of a magnetic field to be generated thereby, and a Faraday rotati... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7444040 | Magneto-optical component The invention relates to a magneto-optical component, such as a variable light attenuator, light modulator or optical switch, having small size, low power consumption and high speed. The magneto-optical component comprises at least one Faraday rotator comprising a m... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433558 | Methods for optical isolation in high power fiber-optic systems Methods for optical isolation in high peak power fiber-optic systems prevent damage to a facet within a fiber-optic isolator caused by back-reflected light from, for example, an optical amplifier. Preventing damage to the facet may include expanding a mode area of t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7379226 | Variable optical attenuator A variable optical attenuator comprising a separation/combination birefringent element, fixed polarization rotation means, a convex lens, variable polarization rotation means, and a mirror which are arranged in that order. The fixed polarization rotation means has a... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7336418 | Optical attenuator An optical attenuator with increased dynamic range and reduced temperature-dependence over the dynamic range. The optical attenuator has a Faraday rotational angle variable device which applies an external magnetic field to light polarized by a garnet crystal, and a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7308171 | Method and apparatus for optical isolation in high power fiber-optic systems Methods and apparatus for optical isolation in high peak power fiber-optic systems prevent damage to a facet within a fiber-optic isolator caused by back-reflected light from, for example, an optical amplifier. Preventing damage to the facet may include expanding a ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7280264 | Magneto-optical device It is possible to reduce the size of a magneto-optical device, increase the speed of optical control, simplify power supply structure and its control, and maintain a Faraday rotation angle in an arbitrary state even after shut-off of the excitation current. The magn... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7242518 | Standing wave amplifiers and oscillators An apparatus and method for building three-dimensional spatial power combiners for efficiently combining power from a large number of active devices are being disclosed. The apparatus discloses a plurality of grid amplifiers, each having a major surface, the plurali... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7221495 | Thin film precursor stack for MEMS manufacturing This invention provides a precursor film stack for use in the production of MEMS devices. The precursor film stack comprises a carrier substrate, a first layer formed on the carrier substrate, a second layer of an insulator material formed on the first layer, and a ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209284 | Optical amplifier using reflection-type variable optical attenuator for feedback An optical apparatus which is reduced in the number of optical devices arranged on a main optical signal transmission path, thereby reducing the size and cost of the device, and which is improved in optical transmission quality. An optical amplifier includes an ampl... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206116 | Faraday rotator A Faraday rotator for a Faraday isolator with an input polarizer, with an output polarizer, with a roller-shaped optical crystal that is arranged therebetween and that is arranged symmetrical to its axis of symmetry, with a right hollow cylinder that surrounds this ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7183633 | Optical cross-connect system An optical cross-connect switch comprises a base (216), a flap (211) and one or more electrically conductive landing pads (222) connected to the flap (211). The flap (211) has a bottom portion that is movably coupled to the base ( | 02/27/2007 |
| 7170921 | Magneto-optic variable optical attenuator A magneto-optic variable optical attenuator is provided that is used to control the intensity of a light signal. The optical attenuator includes at least one polarizing element having an optical polarization axis, wherein the polarizing element transmits a portion o... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167295 | Method and apparatus for polarizing electromagnetic radiation According to one aspect of the invention, a method and apparatus for polarizing electromagnetic radiation is provided. The electromagnetic radiation may be divided into first and second portions, substantially all of the first portion may be linearly polarized in a ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164520 | Packaging for an interferometric modulator A package is made of a transparent substrate having an interferometric modulator and a back plate. A non-hermetic seal joins the back plate to the substrate to form a package, and a desiccant resides inside the package. A method of packaging an interferometric modul... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7158301 | Method and device for modifying the polarization state of light A magnetic, single-axis crystal is used to modify the polarization state of light, whereby light passes through pre-determined areas of the crystal. To change the polarization state of the light, a magnetic field pulse is applied to the crystal with a magnetic field... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7133579 | High-speed magneto-optic modulator A magneto-optic modulator and method are provided. An optical waveguide having a magneto-optic active medium is magnetized by a biasing magnetic field. The magnetization of the magneto-optic active medium is modulated thereby causing a variation in the Faraday effec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126738 | Visible spectrum modulator arrays Light in the visible spectrum is modulated using an array of modulation elements, and control circuitry connected to the array for controlling each of the modulation elements independently, each of the modulation elements having a surface which is caused to exhibit ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7099532 | Device for optical signal transmission between two units movable relative to each other A device for transmitting optical signals between at least two units movable relative to each other comprises an adjustable attenuating member for achieving a system attenuation which is independent of the relative position of the units movable relative to each othe... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099539 | Optical isolator, attenuator and polarizer system and method for integrated optics An optical system and associated method are provided. Included is a first branch capable of allowing light to pass therethrough in a forward direction and a reverse direction. The first branch includes a first medium with a first refractive index (n1), an... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095559 | Variable optical delay circuit In a variable optical delay circuit to be used for compensation for polarization mode dispersion of an optical signal and for other purposes, there are provided a first birefringent member, a second birefringent member and a variable optical rotator interposed betwe... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7071687 | Photomagnetic field sensor A photo magnetic field sensor includes a Faraday rotator made of a paramagnetic material, a polarizer, an analyzer, a light-irradiating element, and a light-sensing element. The Faraday rotator is made of a paramagnetic garnet single crystal including at least Tb an... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068425 | Wideband optical fiber amplifier Disclosed wideband optical fiber amplifier amplifies and outputs wideband optical signal containing C-band and L-band optical signals. The amplifier includes: a first amplification section amplifying the wideband optical signals; a second amplification section ampli... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7061666 | Gain and signal level adjustments of cascaded optical amplifiers An optical amplification device which includes first and second optical amplifiers, and a controller. The first optical amplifier receives a light and amplifies the received light. The second optical amplifier receives the light amplified by the first optical amplif... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7050216 | Variable optical filter A variable optical filter comprises a first polarizer, a first phase difference element operable to generate a phase difference, a variable Faraday rotator operable to impart a variable Faraday rotation, a second phase difference element operable to generate a phase... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7035497 | Miniature 1×2 magneto-optic switch A magneto-optical switch includes a birefringent crystal that receives a light beam, a half-wave plate pair that receives the light beam from the birefringent crystal, a Faraday rotator that receive the light beam from the half-wave plate, a prism that receives the ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024073 | Reflective variable light attenuator A reflection-type variable optical attenuator comprises: a main attenuator unit including a first birefringent crystal plate, a Faraday rotational angle varying unit, and a second birefringent crystal plate arranged in this order; an input port and an output port th... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016096 | Transmission wavelength characteristics variable optical element, and wavelength characteristics variable apparatus, optical amplifier, and optical transmission system, using same An object of the invention is to easily realize an optical element using an etalon type structure, capable of changing a periodic transmission wavelength characteristic in an axial direction of transmissivity, and also capable of changing a periodic characteristic w... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006273 | Faraday rotation device and optical device using same Optical devices including a Faraday rotation devices improved in wavelength and temperature characteristics and an optical attenuator reduced in wavelength dependence and temperature-dependent loss. The Faraday rotation device has permanent magnets magnetized in an ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006279 | Optical harmonic equalization control systems and methods Devices and methods for equalizing the gain of an optical amplifier are described. For devices including harmonic filters that are controllable by amplitude control voltages and phase control voltages, techniques for controlling the amplitude control voltages and ph... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002732 | Magneto-optical devices The invention provides small-sized, power-saving and easily-producible magneto-optical devices. The magneto-optical device comprises a Faraday rotator having nearly parallel surfaces and a Z-direction magnetic easy axis; a total reflection film formed partly on one ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6977763 | Free-space optical isolator with integrated quarter-wave plate The present invention provides low cost methods and apparatuses for filtering out polarized light reflections in a free-space optical isolator. In one embodiment, a laser directs a non-polarized optical signal through a series of polarizers and rotators in order to ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6963598 | System and method for VCSEL polarization control A system and method for VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) polarization control is disclosed, including methods and apparatus comprising a component package (302, 304) having self-aligning features (316, 318), for indicating an alignment ax... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6958845 | Optical control element An optical control modulator comprises an input to receive light from a light source; a polarization divider to divide the light into two orthogonal plane-polarized light components; a Faraday material which, upon being energized, rotates the plane of polarization o... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6947613 | Wavelength selective switch and equalizer A device comprising a light modulator including a plurality of elements wherein each element is selectively operable such that the plurality of elements are dynamically configurable to combine selected ones of a plurality of grating periods such that selected portio... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943932 | Waveguide mach-zehnder optical isolator utilizing transverse magneto-optical phase shift A device and method for optical isolation for use in optical systems is disclosed. The device provides for a waveguide optical isolator fabricated using two arms, made of optical waveguides comprising magneto-optical material, in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer config... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6927909 | Integrated magneto-optical modulator with optical isolator, method of manufacturing the same and optical communication system using the same The integrated magneto-optical modulator with optical isolator of the present invention comprises an optical isolator unit, a magneto-optical modulator unit, an impedance adjuster. The optical isolator unit rotates a polarization of an incident light from a light so... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6912080 | Magneto-optic modulator and optical communication system using the same The magneto-optic modulator rotates a polarization of a light incident to a magneto-optic device which causes Faraday effect under such a magnetic field arrangement that the RF magnetic field has a component perpendicular to a light propagation direction and the RF ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6906511 | Magnetic position detection for micro machined optical element A property of a magnetic sensor, deployed on a micro machined optical element and exposed to a magnetic field, changes as the position of the micro machined optical element changes with respect to a magnetic field or, alternatively, when the magnetic field changes w... | 06/14/2005 |
