Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
359615000 | LIGHT DISPERSION | 14 |
20080304157 | Chromatic dispersion compensation device and method - A chromatic dispersion compensator whereby the amount of dispersion and the group delay time can be easily adjusted. A dispersion unit, a transmitting lens and a group delay generation unit are arranged along the optical axis of incident light. The dispersion unit separates the incident light into beams of respective different wavelengths. The transmitting lens is arranged across the optical paths of the beams of different wavelengths separated by the dispersion unit, and refracts the beams at different angles according to their respective incidence positions. The group delay generation unit is arranged across the optical paths of the beams of different wavelengths refracted by the transmitting lens, causes the beams to undergo propagation delay for periods corresponding to their respective incidence positions, and converges and emits the beams of different wavelengths. Consequently, the beams of different wavelengths are imparted group delay corresponding to the refracting angles of the transmitting lens. | 12-11-2008 |
20090067054 | SPECTRALLY ADJUSTABLE FILTER - Spectrally filtering at least one input beam includes dispersing spectral components of at least one input beam at different respective angles in a spectral plane; changing at least some of the angles of the propagation axes of the dispersed spectral components so that the maximum angular separation among the propagation axes of the spectral components changes; receiving a plurality of the dispersed spectral components incident on a reflective surface at a location at which the central rays of each of the spectral components are incident at different points on the reflective surface; and tilting the reflective surface to select at least one and fewer than all of the received spectral components to be directed to a selected output path. | 03-12-2009 |
20090086327 | LASER IRRADIATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON FILM - A method for changing an amorphous silicon film to a polycrystalline silicon film includes the steps of irradiating an elongate pulse laser beam onto the silicon film while scanning in the direction normal to the major axis of the elongate pulse laser beam, to form a plurality of irradiated areas, irradiating flat-surface light onto the irradiated areas in the direction parallel to the major axis, and analyzing distribution of the reflected light from the irradiated areas to determine the threshold value of micro-crystallization. The threshold value is used to further determine an energy density of the elongate pulse laser beam for the phase change process. | 04-02-2009 |
20090109540 | Continuously tunable optical dispersion compensation synthesizers using cascaded etalons - Described is a method for designing individual stages of a multiple cascaded etalon TDC device to allow continuous thermo-optic tuning over a desired range without inducing incremental signal distortion due to uncontrolled and unpredictable dispersion of the TDC during tuning. This allows the signal to transmit without encountering periods of incremental distortion or dark spots. The method includes prior knowledge of each etalon stage, after full assembly, for spectral group delay profile as a function of temperature through modeling and/or characterization. Characterization can account for performance variations that are due to allowed manufacturing tolerances. | 04-30-2009 |
20100110554 | OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an optical film exhibiting wavelength dispersion such that a retardation value is smaller on the shorter wavelength side, and capable of being also formed comparatively thinly. | 05-06-2010 |
20100149647 | System Method and Apparatus for Selecting and Controlling Light Source Bandwidth - A mechanism for bandwidth selection includes a dispersive optical element having a body including a reflective face of dispersion including an area of incidence extending in a longitudinal axis direction along the reflective face of the dispersive optical element. The body also includes a first end block, disposed at a first longitudinal end of the body and a second end block, disposed at a second longitudinal end of the body, the second longitudinal end being opposite the first longitudinal end. The bandwidth selection mechanism also includes a first actuator mounted on a second face of the dispersive optical element, the second face being opposite from the reflective face, the first actuator having a first end coupled to the first end block and a second end coupled to the second end block, the first actuator being operative to apply equal and opposite forces to the first end block and the second end block to bend the body along the longitudinal axis of the body and in a first direction normal to the reflective face of the dispersive optical element. The bandwidth selection mechanism also includes a second actuator mounted on a third face of the dispersive optical element, the third face being normal to the reflective face, the second actuator having a first end coupled to the first end block with a first flexture and a second end coupled to the second end block with a second flexture, the first actuator being operative to apply equal and opposite forces to the first end block and the second end block to bend the body along the longitudinal axis of the body, in a second direction perpendicular to the reflective face of the dispersive optical element, the second direction also being perpendicular to the first direction the second actuator including a pressurized fluid force application mechanism. A method of selecting bandwidth is also disclosed. | 06-17-2010 |
20130016431 | CONCENTRATING AND SPECTRUM SPLITTING OPTICAL DEVICE FOR SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS - An optical device capable of concentrating and spectrum splitting electromagnetic radiation for solar energy conversion systems. Two interfaces of the optical device, designed by ray tracing methods, focus the electromagnetic radiation by refraction and chromatic dispersion, such that focal areas of different wavelengths, relative to one another, are not parallel to electromagnetic radiation incident upon the optical device. Energy conversion devices, such as solar photovoltaic cells, may be placed at or near the focal areas to efficiently convert radiation of different wavelengths to other forms of energy. Interfaces may be flat or curved and may be composed of multiple discontinuous surfaces on one or both interfaces in one or two axes. Interfaces composed of multiple discontinuities may be designed such that there is no shading of electromagnetic radiation of selected wavelengths. The optical device may be composed of one material or multiple materials with different Abbe numbers. | 01-17-2013 |
20130057959 | HIGHLY DISPERSIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH BINARY TRANSMISSIBILITY - The current application is directed to a new, highly dispersive optical element that is characterized by binary transmissibility. Various alternative implementations of the new optical element (“NOE”) are fashioned from semiconductor materials, including binary III-V and II-VI semiconductor materials. When applied as components within various optical devices and systems, the NOEs are fashioned to have shapes that provide high dispersion at non-extreme exit angles. The NOEs are additionally coated with multiple anti-reflective coatings which facilitate high transmission, in excess of 90 percent, across a wide range of visible and infrared wavelengths. | 03-07-2013 |
20130188256 | Rotary Drive Mechanism And Light Dispersion System Having The Same - A rotary drive mechanism provides a mechanism for driving light dispersing element having a high wavelength-moving speed and a high wavelength-resolving power. The rotary drive mechanism includes a stepper motor as a rotary drive source; an update information setter for setting update information corresponding to the amount of change by which the motor should be rotated at a drive timing indicated by an input signal; a position information updater for holding position information which specifies the rotational position of the motor and for updating the position information based on the update information from the update information setter; a winding excitation state determiner for determining the amount or ratio of electric currents passed through the windings of the motor based on the updated position information provided from the position information updater; and a drive controller for controlling the electric currents based on a control signal from the winding excitation state determiner. | 07-25-2013 |
20130208361 | OPTICAL CROSS-COUPLING MITIGATION SYSTEM FOR MULTI-WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING SYSTEMS - A system and method for increasing efficiency and power output of a multi-wavelength beam combining system through providing a common output coupler to reflect feedback that stabilizes or individually seeds each emitter, and wherein the individual feedback is preserved by mitigating cross-coupling, wherein a multi-wavelength beam comprised of radiation having a plurality of wavelengths, high brightness and power. | 08-15-2013 |
20130265645 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR OPTICAL COMPONENT, WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR OPTICAL COMPONENT - Provided is a mounting structure for an optical component, including: an optical component having at least one of a reflective surface which reflects light, and a transmissive surface which transmits light; a base member having a placement surface configured to place the optical component thereon; and an adhesive layer interposed between the optical component and the placement surface of the base member to fixedly bond the optical component and the placement surface together. The adhesive layer includes a filler, and the filler is present substantially as a monolayer between the optical component and the placement surface. | 10-10-2013 |
20150355389 | NANOCOMPOSITE GRADIENT REFRACTIVE-INDEX FRESNEL OPTICAL-ELEMENT - A nanocomposite optical-element comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a nanocomposite between the first and the second surface. The nanocomposite comprising of a plurality of refractive-gradients, the plurality of refractive-gradients comprising one or more nanofillers dispersed in a cured organic-matrix. The nanofillers concentration variation determining the plurality of refractive-gradient profiles such that a profile discontinuity exists between any of the plurality of refractive-gradients that are adjacent. | 12-10-2015 |
20160013605 | Pulse Compressor | 01-14-2016 |
20160097887 | MONOCHROMATOR USING OPTICAL FILTERS TO SELECT WAVELENGTH OF LIGHT - Provided is a monochromatization device for easily selecting light having a specific wavelength, comprising: a first broadband filter arranged to have a first rotational angle with respect to an incident direction of light to enable a first wavelength band to pass therethrough with respect to the incident light; a second broadband filter arranged to have a second rotational angle with respect to an incident direction of light to enable a second wavelength band to pass therethrough with respect to the light passing through the first broadband filter; and a path compensation unit for adjusting a light path so that the light path passing through the second broadband filter is the same as a path of the light incident to the first broadband filter. Accordingly, the output light efficiency for the incident light is increased and the required specific wavelength can be more easily selected. | 04-07-2016 |