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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8447152 | Waveguide coupling device with properties of forward and backward coupling as well as manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to a waveguide coupling device with properties of forward coupling and backward coupling as well as a manufacturing method thereof, the waveguide coupling device comprises: a substrate, at least one inverted taper coupling structure, an... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8442368 | Cantilever couplers for intra-chip coupling to photonic integrated circuits Development of Integrated Optical Circuits depends greatly on progress in coupling light to and between chip devices. Exemplary disclosed embodiments provide a system and method of fabricating couplers for optical chips that may allow for access to devices on the en... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8437591 | Reusable biochemical agent sensor and method using optical micro-resonator grid arrays A system includes at least two optical fibers crossing to form a vertice. The optical fibers comprise a core, a cladding surrounding the core, and a conductive coating at least partially surrounding the length of the cladding. A portion of the core of each of the fi... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8433163 | Bi-directional signal interface with enhanced isolation A bi-directional signal interface includes a carrier signal source that generates a carrier traveling wave at an output. A first traveling wave structure includes a first and a second waveguide having an input that is coupled to the output of the carrier signal sour... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8417077 | Optical branching device and optical communication system including the same The present invention provides an optical branching device and an optical communication system which are easy to connect with optical fibers. In the optical branching device, when light emitted from an optical fiber in a front stage is incident on an entrance port o... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8385697 | Multiple-core optical fiber with coupling between the cores An optical fiber includes a cladding, a first core, and a second core. At least one of the first core and the second core is hollow and is substantially surrounded by the cladding. At least a portion of the first core is generally parallel to and spaced from at leas... | 02/26/2013 |
| 8358890 | Method and apparatus related to a side-fire member having a doped silica component In one embodiment, an apparatus may include an optical fiber that may have a surface non-normal to a longitudinal axis of a distal end portion of the optical fiber. The surface may define a portion of an interface configured to redirect electromagnetic radiation pro... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8326098 | Gallery-mode microdisc system for electrically pumped optical sources The invention concerns a gallery mode microdisc system for an electrically pumped optical source, the microdisc (1) being formed on one face of a substrate (2), the lower part of the microdisc being provided with an electrical contact referred to as th... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8320723 | Optical imaging probe connector This document discusses, among other things, a connector for an optical imaging probe that includes one or more optical fibers communicating light along the catheter. The device may use multiple sections for simpler manufacturing and ease of assembly during a medica... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8290319 | Optical communication in a ramp-stack chip package A ramp-stack chip package is described. This chip package includes a vertical stack of semiconductor dies or chips that are offset from each other in a horizontal direction, thereby defining a stepped terrace. A high-bandwidth ramp component, which is positioned app... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8238703 | Waveguide sheet containing in-coupling, propagation, and out-coupling regions In one aspect, an illumination structure includes a substantially non-fiber waveguide, which itself includes a discrete in-coupling region for receiving light, a discrete propagation region for propagating light, and a discrete out-coupling region for emitting light... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8175431 | Multi-core ferrule and optical fiber connection structure An optical fiber connection structure includes a single-core plug holding a single-core ferrule, a multi-core plug holding a multi-core ferrule, and an adaptor having a tubular sleeve. The single-core ferrule made of zirconia (ZrO2) has a cylindrical shap... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8094983 | Multiple-core optical fiber with couplings between the cores An optical fiber includes a cladding, a first core, and a second core. At least one of the first core and the second core is hollow and is substantially surrounded by the cladding. At least a portion of the first core is generally parallel to and spaced from at leas... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090231 | Transfer of light signals between optical fibers and system using optical devices with optical vias An optical system includes optical devices that each have a top side and a bottom side between lateral sides. A first one of the devices has one or more first waveguides immobilized on a first base. The first device having a first via that defines an optical path th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8036506 | Multi-fiber section tunable optical filter A tunable optical filter is formed by the longitudinal alignment of two opposing end sections of single-mode optical fibers. On at least one of the end sections is a collimator fiber section which is formed from a section of a graded-index, multimode optical fiber w... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027556 | Waveguide coupling structure A coupling structure of waveguide including a line defect (LD) waveguide portion having an LD waveguide, an electromagnetic field distribution matching portion (EFDMP) connected between the LD waveguide portion and a first tapered portion, the first tapered portion ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8005329 | Combined structure of optical waveguide A combined structure of optical waveguides with high accuracy can be easily materialized by arranging cutout sections 11a and 12a for half-lap joint in a light-emitting sided-optical waveguide and a light-receiving sided-waveguide to comb... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995883 | Optical waveguide and bi-directional optical transceiver Disclosed are an optical waveguide and a bi-directional light transceiver, in which a wavelength selective filer is provided in the core of the optical waveguide to divide bi-directional signals, so that manual alignment of optical components are easily achieved and... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7961995 | Electrically tunable plasmon light tunneling junction An electrically modulated plasmonic junction generates surface plasmons from an electrical signal from an electrical source, with the tunnel junction having a contact with a tapered end forming the junction in a gap between the contact and a substrate, with the gap ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957616 | Method of producing an optical connecting component, and optical connecting component A method of producing an optical connecting component in which three-dimensional electric wiring can be easily and accurately performed, and the optical connecting component are provided. A positioning projection 58 disposed on a second slide core 5... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957617 | Methods, materials and devices for light manipulation with oriented molecular assemblies in micronscale photonic circuit elements with High-Q or slow light An optical device that comprises an input waveguide, an output waveguide, a high-Q resonant or photonic structure that generate slow light connected to the input waveguide and the output waveguide, and an interface, surface or mode volume modified with at least one ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7929816 | Waveguide sheet containing in-coupling, propagation, and out-coupling regions In one aspect, an illumination structure includes a substantially non-fiber waveguide, which itself includes a discrete in-coupling region for receiving light, a discrete propagation region for propagating light, and a discrete out-coupling region for emitting light... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7912331 | Integrated fiber collimator and passive components Passive optical components may be used to tap the optical power, e.g., from fibers of a wavelength switch system. The passive optical components are realized by a standard photonics light-wave circuit (PLC) integrated to the fiber collimator array of the wavelength ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907806 | Optical mixer When a waveguide of second signal light outputted from a first optical coupler intersects a waveguide of first local light outputted from a second optical coupler, a waveguide of a first signal light outputted from the first optical coupler and a waveguide of a seco... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7885497 | TFT array substrate with storage capacitor having large capacitance and LCD panel using the same An exemplary thin film transistor array substrate (200) includes a transparent substrate (261), a plurality of gate lines (201) and a plurality of data lines (202) formed at the transparent substrate, the gate lines and the data lines cro... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881572 | System and method for determining fiber characteristics A system is provided for characterizing optical fibers carrying signal traffic. The system includes a transmitter, a variable optical attenuator (VOA), a receiver, and a computing device. The transmitter propagates an optical test signal along a channel of a fiber p... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7881573 | Optical imaging probe connector This document discusses, among other things, a connector for an optical imaging probe that includes one or more optical fibers communicating light along the catheter. The device may use multiple sections for simpler manufacturing and ease of assembly during a medica... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7869675 | Light emitting device A light emitting device, in which an encapsulation resin is disposed at a space confined between an optical member and a mounting substrate. This encapsulation resin is possibly made free from a void-generation therein. In this light emitting device, the optical mem... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7853103 | Optical junction apparatus and methods employing optical power transverse-transfer A method comprises: forming an optical device on a device substrate; forming a first optical waveguide on the device or device substrate; forming a second, structurally discrete optical waveguide on a structurally discrete waveguide substrate; and assembling the opt... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844148 | Linear member A linear member (10) comprises a first layer (30) and a second layer (40), the second layer being arranged around the first layer. The second layer comprises a series of annular grooves (60). The material for the second layer is substanti... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835606 | Optical multiplexing/demultiplexing device In an optical multiplexing/demultiplexing device are arranged in parallel and disposed on a substrate. The optical multiplexing/demultiplexing device is disposed with three or more Mach-Zehnder interferometers between the first and second optical input/output ports.... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7813603 | Optical coupler devices, methods of their production and use An optical component including an acceptance fiber, e.g. a photonic crystal fiber, for propagation of pump and signal light, a number of pump delivery fibers and a reflector element that reflects pump light from the pump delivery fibers into the acceptance fiber. An... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7769259 | Optical coupler at interface between light sensor and waveguide A method of operating an optical device includes inserting a light signal into a waveguide positioned on a base. A light sensor is positioned on the base and is configured to receive the light signal after the light signal exits from the waveguide. The method also i... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7751663 | Backside reflection optical display The disclosure generally involves an optical (perhaps flat panel) display utilizing backside reflection for time-multiplexed optical shuttering. One display comprises a side-illuminated light guide associated with conditions for total internal reflection. A first su... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7738752 | Optical waveguide system It is made possible to provide an optical waveguide system that has a coupling mechanism capable of selecting a wavelength and has the highest possible conversion efficiency, and that is capable of providing directivity in the light propagation direction. An optical... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7693372 | Optical communication module using refraction plate for optical axis compensation, and manufacturing method of the same An optical communication module is fabricated to include a refraction plate made of an inorganic material whose refractive index varies little with temperature. The refraction plate is inserted in the optical path to perform optical axis compensation in a single len... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7639912 | Apparatus and method for subterranean distribution of optical signals Systems and methods for subterranean distribution of optical signals on integrated circuits are disclosed. A semiconductor device comprising a multi-layer substrate includes a surface layer and a subterranean layer. Electrical devices are formed in the surface layer... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7630603 | Optical waveguide ring resonator with photo-tunneling input/output port An optical resonator, a photonic system and a method of optical resonance employ optical waveguide segments connected together with total internal reflection (TIR) mirrors to form a closed loop. The optical resonator includes the optical waveguide segments, the TIR ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7609920 | Optical coupler An optical coupler including: a substrate; a cladding layer formed on the substrate; and a slab waveguide formed on the cladding layer, wherein the slab waveguide comprises a first waveguide area on which a laser beam is incident and a second waveguide area having a... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7599588 | Optical imaging probe connector This document discusses, among other things, a connector for an optical imaging probe that includes one or more optical fibers communicating light along the catheter. The device may use multiple sections for simpler manufacturing and ease of assembly during a medica... | 10/06/2009 |
