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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8094981 | 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... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086081 | Optical subassembly for in-and/or out-coupling of electromagnetic radiation into, and/or out of, a pressure-tight housing An optical subassembly for in- and/or out-coupling of electromagnetic radiation of a predetermined wavelength, especially IR-radiation, into, and/or out of, a pressure-tight housing. The subassembly includes at least one housing wall section of the pressure-tight ho... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078021 | Waveguide connecting structure A waveguide connecting structure includes a light branching element (111) for branching light from an input optical waveguide (201) including one core into two branched light components having the same optical power and the same phase, and a twin-arm w... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073296 | Optical device, and virtual image display device A virtual image display device which displays a two-dimensional image for viewing a virtual image in a magnified form by a virtual optical system. The virtual image display device includes an optical waveguide to guide, by internal total reflection, parallel pencil ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068707 | Illuminating devices including uniform light distribution, multiple light sources, and multiple types of light sources A lumenaire for mixing and emitting light from multiple light sources which has at least one first light source of a particular type and at least one second light source of a differing type. There is an optical system which includes at least one individual light col... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064743 | Discrete light guide-based planar illumination area In one aspect, a planar illumination area includes two light-guide elements, each with an out-coupling region. At least a portion of each out-coupling region overlaps with at least a portion of the other. The overlapping region emits a substantially uniform light ou... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064742 | Light input/output terminal module of the optical components and beam converting apparatus A light input/output terminal module 100 comprises a jacket tube 110 and a flange 120. A glass portion 20 of the optical fiber is inserted in the center portion thereof. To efficiently remove the leaked light in a cladding 22 to th... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059928 | Decohered laser light production system A decohered laser light production system is provided. The decohered laser light system comprises a laser source. The system further comprises a multi-mode fiber having an input face, an output face and a body for propagating light from the input face to the output ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8041161 | Adaptive photonic coupler A method to maximize the coupling efficiency between a collimated, free-space optical signal and a fiber optic waveguide using an active optical element to steer and focus the collimated beam driven by an adaptive controller that periodically auto-calibrates the act... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031992 | Optoelectronic module and method for producing an optoelectronic module The invention relates to an optoelectronic module having at least one leadframe, at least one carrier element connected to the leadframe, and at least one optoelectronic component connected to the carrier element, which component can emit and/or receive light. The i... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023783 | Optical device, and virtual image display device A virtual image display device is provided which displays a two-dimensional image for viewing a virtual image in a magnified form by a virtual optical system. The virtual image display device includes an optical waveguide (13) to guide, by internal total refl... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7995882 | Lighting device comprising a plurality of semiconductor light sources A lighting device is disclosed comprising a plurality of semiconductor light sources disposed on a carrier, wherein the light from the light sources is coupled into assigned lightguides at a set angle to the surface normals of the carrier and the lightguides are pro... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991253 | Memristive array with waveguide A device includes one or more waveguides and a memristive array adjacent to the waveguide(s). The memristive array is programmable to form a pattern that diffracts light and couples diffracted light into or out of the waveguide(s). ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7978942 | Method and device to improve backlight uniformity A system and method for compensating for non-uniform illumination from a light guide for a display in an electronics device is provided. The system comprises: a memory device storing a data representing a first compensation pattern for generation on the display to b... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974506 | Device for emitting electromagnetic radiation and display device A device for emitting a first and a second electromagnetic radiation (13, 23, 53) via a radiation coupling-out surface (5) along a device beam path. A first radiation-emitting arrangement (1) has at least one first radiation-emitting component (... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7949213 | Light illumination of displays with front light guide and coupling elements In various embodiments described herein, a display device includes a front illumination apparatus that comprises a first light guide disposed forward of an array of display elements, such as an array of interferometric modulators, to distribute light across the arra... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949214 | Substrate guided relay with pupil expanding input coupler An optical substrate guided relay (300) includes an optical substrate (302) having at least one major face (411), an output coupler (303) coupled to a major face (411,412), and an input coupler (301) coupled to a major face ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941013 | Process for making light guides with extraction structures and light guides produced thereby A process comprises imagewise exposing at least a portion of a photoreactive composition to light sufficient to cause simultaneous absorption of at least two photons/thereby inducing at least one acid- or radical-initiated chemical reaction where the composition is ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925129 | Compact optics for concentration, aggregation and illumination of light energy A solar concentrator having a concentrator element for collecting input light, a redirecting component with a plurality of incremental steps for receiving the light and also for redirecting the light, and a waveguide including a plurality of incremental portions ena... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916986 | Erbium-doped silicon nanocrystalline embedded silicon oxide waveguide An erbium (Er)-doped silicon (Si) nanocrystalline embedded silicon oxide (SiOx) waveguide and associated fabrication method are presented. The method provides a bottom layer, and forms an Er-doped Si nanocrystalline embedded SiOx film waveguide overlying the bottom ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916985 | Integrated visible pilot beam for non-visible optical waveguide devices In one embodiment, a radiation based analysis system comprises a first radiation source to generate first radiation having a wavelength outside the visible spectrum, a second radiation source to generate second radiation having a wavelength within the visible spectr... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907804 | Elimination of stitch artifacts in a planar illumination area In one aspect, a planar illumination area includes two light-guide elements, each with an out-coupling region. At least a portion of each out-coupling region overlaps with at least a portion of the other. The overlapping region emits a substantially uniform light ou... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899282 | Beam homogenizer, laser irradiation apparatus, and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device The present invention provides a beam homogenizer being equipped with an optical waveguide having a pair of reflection planes provided oppositely, having one end surface into which the laser beam is incident, and having the other end surface from which the laser bea... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7826698 | Elimination of stitch artifacts in a planar illumination area In one aspect, a planar illumination area includes two light-guide elements, each with an out-coupling region. At least a portion of each out-coupling region overlaps with at least a portion of the other. The overlapping region emits a substantially uniform light ou... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7805034 | OCT probe for eliminating ghost images An OCT probe has a sheath to be inserted into a subject; and an optical system within the sheath, for changing the direction of light which propagates from a light source through an optical fiber to irradiate the light onto the subject through a transparent portion ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7792401 | Optical waveguide device and optical communication module An optical waveguide device and an optical communication module are provided. In the optical waveguide device which includes a core and a cladding layer formed around the core and has one end formed to be inclined so as to refract input and output signals, the core ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787725 | Fiber optic microphone and a communication system utilizing same An arrangement for a fiber optic microphone having at least one pair of optical fibers, each having an input end portion and an output end portion made of a material having a critical refractive angle θcrit and having a numerical aperture NA. The input e... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787724 | Nonlinear crystal and waveguide array for generation of terahertz radiation Techniques for generating terahertz (THz) radiation are provided in which each nonlinear crystal in an array of such crystals is coupled to one or more corresponding waveguides such that any THz radiation generated in any single crystal is coupled into that crystal'... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787723 | Support element for mounting optical elements and method of producing such a support element The invention relates to a support element (1), for mounting at least two wave-modifying elements, with support of services, arranged parallel to each other. According to the invention, support element for mounting at least two wave-modifying elements and cor... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7778507 | Light guide and method of producing a light guide A light guide comprising a base body and a plurality of outcoupling elements that are disposed on an outcoupling side of the base body and are provided to couple radiation out of the base body, said outcoupling elements being applied on a film. A method of producing... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7760973 | Light emitting device using three-dimensional photonic crystal In a light emitting device, efficiency and stability are improved. A light emitting device 10 includes a three-dimensional photonic crystal 20. The three-dimensional photonic crystal includes a first defect part 70 forming a resonator including ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7747113 | Optical device and virtual image display device A virtual image display device is provided which displays a two-dimensional image for viewing a virtual image in a magnified form by a virtual optical system. The virtual image display device includes an optical waveguide (13) to guide, by internal total refl... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7734132 | Optical spectral filtering and dispersion control for wavelength multiplexed laser sources using fiber Bragg gratings The embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for optical spectral filtering and dispersion control for wavelength multiplexed laser sources using fiber Bragg gratings. More specifically, the apparatus includes a laser diode having a first end and a second e... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729575 | Plasmon router A variety of structures, methods, systems, and configuration scan support plasmons for routing. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7706645 | Optical communication system adapted for receiving an optical signal at a plurality of different positions An optical communication system (200) for transmitting light between a first housing (102) and a second housing (104) of a device (100) is provided. The first housing and the second housing are adapted to move relative to one another betw... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702196 | Modified-output fiber optic tips A laser handpiece is disclosed, including a shaped fiber optic tip having a side-firing output end with a double bevel-cut shape. The shaped fiber optic tip can be configured to side-fire laser energy in a direction away from a laser handpiece and toward sidewalls o... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702195 | Optical waveguide When light is made incident to an optical waveguide path 14 formed through a main body 12 composed of silver (Ag) that is a plasmon active medium, surface plasmon is generated on a definition face 55 of the optical waveguide path 14 (incl... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7693368 | 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... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7680372 | Micro-optics photonic bandgap fiber coupler A resonator sensing device having an optics coupler device for communicating light between light source(s) and sensor(s) and a hollow core fiber resonator. Light from one resonator fiber tip is coupled to a second resonator fiber tip via a graded index (GRIN) lens h... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7672550 | Illumination light source and image display apparatus A coherent light source includes a plurality of light emitting points arranged in one-dimensional array. A beam shaping unit shapes a light beam so that a diameter of a light emitted from the coherent light source in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the l... | 03/02/2010 |
