OPTOELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC DEVICES
    2.
    发明公开
    OPTOELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC DEVICES 审中-公开
    OPTO电子和光子组件

    公开(公告)号:EP1181590A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-02-27

    申请号:EP00918267.6

    申请日:2000-03-22

    IPC分类号: G02B6/12

    摘要: Optoelectronic and photonic devices (100) are formed by employing polymer materials that have a lower glass transition temperature (Tg) than the nominal operating temperature. By using such materials, the local or segmental mobility is increased so that local stress is eliminated or minimized on the polymer material, making performance more robust. The current invention involves use of polymer in an optical device (100) in an operating temperature range in the region above Tg, where the polymer segments between crosslinks are allowed local freedom of movement; however, the large-scale movement of the material may be restricted by the crosslinked structure of the polymer material. The temperature operating point of a device constructed according to the invention is thus preferably distance from both the viscoelastic region near Tg and from the glassy region below Tg.

    CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL REDUNDANCY
    4.
    发明公开
    CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL REDUNDANCY 审中-公开
    用于光学冗余的连接系统

    公开(公告)号:EP1059013A1

    公开(公告)日:2000-12-13

    申请号:EP99905581.7

    申请日:1999-02-01

    IPC分类号: H04Q11/00 G09F9/00 G02F1/01

    CPC分类号: H04Q11/0005 H04Q2011/0043

    摘要: A redundant optical connection system is manufactured in specially prepared form to allow optical connections to be made at a later step. In response to information specifying which of the optical sources are functional, further structure may be activated or introduced into the connection system which guides optical energy to optical outputs from only those of the sources that are functional. In one aspect of the invention, the preliminary form includes primary guiding structures coupling each of a plurality of primary optical sources to a respective application structure, and a secondary guiding structure coupled to a secondary optical source and terminating without yet coupling to any application structure. If the information indicates that one of the primary optical sources in non-functional, then structure can be added or activated which transfers optical energy from the secondary guiding structure into the primary guiding structure corresponding to the non-functional source. In another aspect of the invention, the preliminary form includes a material having N optical sources and more than N output guiding structures. A gap region is provided in the material between the outputs of the optical sources and the inputs of the output guiding structures. Additional guiding structures are later formed or activated in response to the information, to guide optical energy to the inputs of the output guiding structures from only functional ones of the optical sources.

    摘要翻译: 冗余光学连接系统是以特别准备的形式制造的,以允许在稍后的步骤中进行光学连接。 响应指定哪个光源起作用的信息,可以激活或引入进一步的结构,该连接系统将光能引导到仅来自起作用的那些源的光输出。 在本发明的一个方面中,初步形式包括将多个主光源中的每一个连接到相应的应用结构的主引导结构,以及耦合到次级光源并终止而没有耦合到任何应用结构的次引导结构。 如果信息表明其中一个主要光源处于非功能性,则可以增加或激活结构,其将光能从次要导向结构转移到对应于非功能性源的主要导向结构中。 在本发明的另一方面,初步形式包括具有N个光源和多于N个输出引导结构的材料。 在光源的输出和输出引导结构的输入之间的材料中提供间隙区域。 随后根据信息形成或激活附加的引导结构,以仅从光源中的功能性光源将光能引导到输出引导结构的输入。