Abstract:
A method of making an optical modulator by determining the material composition of the quantum well region in the waveguide portion of the modulator so that the modulator is transparent at a gain peak wavelength that is greater than the predetermined wavelength by a predetermined amount, and fabricating the modulator with the determined material composition.
Abstract:
A display apparatus and a method for controlling the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel unit, a reflector disposed on the display panel unit, a radiator, an illumination sensing unit, and a controller. A color of the reflector is changeable according to a temperature thereof, and the reflector is positioned to reflect light incident on the reflector from outside the display apparatus. The heat radiator generates heat to control the temperature of the reflector, and the illumination sensing unit senses an illumination value of light incident on the display apparatus from outside. The controller controls the heat radiator to change the temperature of the reflector according to the illumination value sensed by the illumination sensing unit.
Abstract:
A method for controlling an electrochromic device is provided. The method includes applying a constant supply current to the electrochromic device and determining an amount of charge transferred to the electrochromic device, as a function of time and current supplied to the electrochromic device. The method includes ceasing the applying the constant supply current, responsive to a sense voltage reaching a sense voltage limit and applying one of a variable voltage or a variable current to the electrochromic device to maintain the sense voltage at the sense voltage limit, responsive to the sense voltage reaching the sense voltage limit. The method includes terminating the applying the variable voltage or the variable current to the electrochromic device, responsive to the determined amount of charge reaching a target amount of charge.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating electromagnetic radiation comprising a pump laser (1), which is arranged such that it generates electromagnetic continuous-wave pump radiation (2) during the operation of the apparatus, an optical parametric oscillator (3) arranged in the beam path of the pump radiation, and having a non-linear optical crystal, wherein the optical parametric oscillator is arranged such that it generates signal radiation and idler radiation (4) from the pump radiation during the operation of the apparatus, and a non-linear optical device (5), having a non-linear optical crystal, wherein the non-linear optical device is arranged at least in a beam path of the signal radiation or idler radiation, and wherein the non-linear optical device is arranged such that, during the operation of the apparatus, it generates electromagnetic radiation (6) from the signal radiation or idler radiation at a frequency that is greater than a frequency of the signal radiation or idler radiation. The non-linear optical crystal of the non-linear optical device (5) is arranged in a furnace which is heated such that the crystal has a temperature gradient in the beam direction of the signal radiation or idler radiation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a driving assistance device for a motor vehicle (20), said vehicle (20) being equipped with at least one lighting device (22) that can emit a beam to light a road scene (SR) in front of the vehicle (20). The assistance device comprises a variable transmission screen (26; 28; F) intended to be disposed between the road scene (SR) and the vehicle driver (24), said assistance device being configured, in the active phase, to control the switching on of at least one light source of the lighting device (22) and a transmission coefficient of the variable transmission screen (26; 28; F), in relation to one another, using a pulsed signal. The device is characterised in that the assistance device is configured to detect a vehicle equipped with a device of the same type by means of inter-vehicle communication and to alter the pulsed signal such as to prevent anti-phasing and/or phasing phenomena when the device detects such a vehicle.
Abstract:
Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Erzeugen eines optischen Frequenzkamms 5c, 5d mit einer definierten Zahl von Frequenzkammlinien 4 1 , 4 3 , 4 4 mit zueinander einstellbarem Abstand umfassend die folgenden Verfahrensschritte: Erzeugen eines Eingangsfrequenzkamms 5a mit einer Lichtquelle 1, insbesondere mit einem modengelockten Laser, wobei der Eingangsfrequenzkamm 5a eine Vielzahl von in angsfrequenzkammlinien 4 1 , 4 2 aufweist, Herausfiltern einzelner Frequenzkammlinien 4 1 mit identischem Frequenzabstand Δf i aus dem Eingangsfrequenzkamm 5a, Modulation der gefilterten Frequenzkammlinien 4 1 zur Erzeugung von Seitenbandlinien, wobei die Seitenbandlinien 4 1 , 4 3 durch die Modulation derart eingestellt werden, dass Frequenzkammlinien und Seitenbandlinien 4 1 , 4 3 )einen identischen Frequenzabstand Δf 1 zueinander aufweisen.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an electrical line arrangement, comprising a first and a second electrical line (11, 12) forming a coplanar strip line; at least one terminating resistor (21, 22, 24) terminating the first and the second electrical line (11, 12),wherein in a first region (10) of the electrical line arrangement (1) the first and the second electrical line (11, 12) extend in a first distance (d1) from one another and wherein in a second region (20) of the electrical line arrangement (1) the first and the second electrical line (11, 12) extend in a second distance (d2) from one another that is larger than the first distance (d1),and wherein the terminating resistor (21, 22, 24) is arranged between the first and the second electrical line (11, 12) in the second region (20) of the electrical line arrangement (1). According to the invention, at least one electrically conductive structure (3, 31) is arranged between the first and the second electrical line (11, 12) at least partially in the second region (20) of the electrical line arrangement (1) for adapting the impedance of the coplanar strip line.
Abstract:
There is provided a system (10) for converting digital data into an analogue, intensity-modulated optical signal, the system comprising an electrically controllable modulator (14), preferably of the MAch-Zehnder type, having M actuating electrodes (18) for actuating the modulator (14), the modulator providing an optical signal output modulated in response to voltages applied to the M actuating electrodes (18), and an electrode actuator having an electronic input (12) for receiving an input data word (D) of N bits and including a digital-to-digital converter (20), said electrode actuator providing a mapping of the input data word (D) to a binary actuating vector (B) of M bits that are supplied as a digital output to the M actuating electrodes (18), wherein M ‰¥N. The system can carry out digital-to-analogue conversion having a high degree of linearity and a large dynamic range.