摘要:
Optical waveguides comprise as core and cladding materials a chemical compound in two different crystalline forms with different indices of refraction. Preferably, the non-linear form is anhydrous and the linear form is a hydrate thereof, whereupon the core material can be prepared by selective heating of the cladding material as by a laser beam. A preferred compound is 4'-dimethylamino-4-methylstilbazolium p-toluenesulfonate.
摘要:
Fiber optic switches using layers of cholesteric or chiral nematic liquid crystals (CLCs) are disclosed. The CLC layer acts both as a polarization beamsplitter and as a reflector by decomposing incoming unpolarized light into two orthogonal circularly polarized components. In a number of embodiments, switchable waveplates are employed to controllably switch the polarization direction of each of the polarization components. The components are then reflected back toward the CLC layer where they are recombined into a transmitted unpolarized beam. The direction of transmission depends on the circular sense of the polarized components, and therefore on the state of the switchable waveplates. In other embodiments, the CLCs are used actively by selectively exposing them to electric or magnetic fields or to heat which cause a phase change that temporarily neutralizes the circular polarization effect. In this manner, the CLCs can be used as switch elements themselves.
摘要:
Liquid level monitoring apparatus for monitoring the level of a liquid in a container having a wall with an exterior surface and an interior surface and formed of a material which is substantially transparent to optical energy and which has an index of refraction different from that of the liquid. The apparatus comprises an optical sensor holder and adhesive means adapted to secure the sensor holder to the exterior surface of the container at a predetermined level. A sensor head is provided. An attachment mechanism is carried by the sensor head and the sensor holder for detachably mounting the sensor head on the sensor holder. A self-contained power supply is provided which is coupled to the sensor head.
摘要:
A variable attenuation signal acquisition probing system and voltage measurement system uses an optical cavity to acquire a signal under test. The probing system has an optical transmitter and receiver that are coupled to the optical cavity via an optical transmission system. The optical cavity has an electrode structure having apertures formed in the optical cavity that are parallel to propagation path of the optical signal within the cavity. A modulated optical signal is generated by the optical cavity in response to the signal under test creating an electro-magnetic field distribution in electro-optic material in the optical cavity that overlaps the optical path of the optical signal propagating in the optical cavity which varies the index of refraction of electro-optic material in the optical path. Changes in the polarization state of the optical signal attenuates the magnitude of the output electrical signal of the optical receiver.
摘要:
A variable attenuation signal acquisition probing system and voltage measurement system uses an optical cavity to acquire a signal under test. The probing system has an optical transmitter and receiver that are coupled to the optical cavity via an optical transmission system. The optical cavity has an electrode structure having apertures formed in the optical cavity that are parallel to propagation path of the optical signal within the cavity. A modulated optical signal is generated by the optical cavity in response to the signal under test creating an electromagnetic field distribution in electro-optic material in the optical cavity that overlaps the optical path of the optical signal propagating in the optical cavity which varies the index of refraction of electro-optic material in the optical path. Changes in the polarization state of the optical signal attenuates the magnitude of the output electrical signal of the optical receiver.
摘要:
Micromachined organic crystals are used in electro-optic modulators to provide high speed modulation capability. Machined modulator blocks of organic crystal material, such as dimethylamino n-methylstilbazolium tosylate (DAST), have smooth surfaces adapted to couple light between the organic crystal and a medium adjoining the crystal in the electro-optic modulator. Electrodes are disposed with respect to the modulator block such that an electric field is generated along a selected axis corresponding to the polar axis of the organic crystal. A method of machining the soft organic crystal adapted for use as a modulator includes illuminating the organic crystal material via an opaque mask having a selected pattern corresponding to a desired machined pattern for the organic crystal. The light illuminating the organic crystal has a wavelength corresponding to strong absorption bands in the organic crystal and is pulsed so as to ablate the surface in correspondence with the pattern in a non-contact self-developing machining process.
摘要:
Thermal processing of selected areas of a workpiece, such as a semiconductor device, is implemented without a photolithographic masking step. This is achieved through the use of a pulse-mode source of heat energy, such as a laser or a particle beam source, the heat radiation of which is applied in blanket fashion to a workpiece. Selective heating of workpiece areas to be thermally processed is attained through appropriate selection of energy, pulse duration, and pulse interval operating parameters of the heat source. Specifically, the appropriate selection of heat energy defines which areas of a workpiece are to be selectively heated, while the appropriate selection of heat energy pulse duration and heat energy pulse interval minimizes stray heat transfer to non-selected areas of the workpiece.
摘要:
A circuit for amplifying signals received by the receive coil of a magnetic resonance (MR) system includes a preamplifier employing an active circuit device, such as a GaAs-MESFET or HEMT. The preamplifier is located proximate to the receive coil in order to maintain as high a signal-to-noise ratio as possible for the preamplifier output signals. A capacitance is coupled to the receive coil to form an input impedance matching network for the input of the preamplifier. The preamplifier output is coupled through a fiber optic cable to remotely located MR signal processing electronics, which further processes signals received by the MR receive coil and amplified by the preamplifier.
摘要:
A method of transmitting the output signal from each pixel of an array of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL's) operatively positioned in an acoustic detector which minimizes the size of interconnects to the different pixels, which uses optical fibers to transport the output signal from each VCSEL pixel to the signal processing assembly. The VCSEL array is fabricated onto an acoustic matching layer which is designed to allow maximum acoustic coupling into the transducer assembly. An acoustic damping layer is employed after the array in order to extinguish the acoustic energy in order to avoid reflections within the transducer. Alternatively, an acoustic reflecting layer can be employed depending on the sensitivity and bandwidth requirements of the application. The frequency modulation of the laser output caused by the acoustic disturbance is then converted into amplitude modulation in a Fabry-Perot cavity array attached to the damping layer. This cavity could also employ a spatial light modulator array or some other tuning element array which would allow feedback to correct for any laser fluctuations at frequencies lower than the acoustic frequency. Finally, an array of fiber optic couplers would couple the amplitude modulated signal to a signal processing assembly.
摘要:
Deuterated organic salts useful in nonlinear optical applications are disclosed herein. More particularly, optoelectronic devices and systems are prepared from said deuterated organic salts and the preferred salt is perdeuterated 4'-dimethylamino-4-methylstilbazolium p-toluenesulfonate.