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A CPM mode-locked fiber ring laser including an ion-implanted semiconductor saturable absorber providing sub-picosecond pulses at rapid repetition rates. The laser provides compact, turn-key capability and is polarization insensitive.
摘要:
Compounds of formula (I) are provided, wherein R.sup.1 represents OH or OCH.sub.3 ; R.sup.2 represents OH or H; R.sup.3 represents methyl, ethyl, propyl or allyl; X represents O, (H,OH) or (H,H); m represents 0 or 1; n represents 1 or 2; and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof; provided that when n is 1, then R.sup.3 is allyl or propyl. The compounds are indicated inter alia as immunosuppresive agents. ##STR1##
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A figure-8 loop laser having a controllable phase shifter in a Sagnac loop (non-linear amplifying loop mirror). A half-wave plate in series with Faraday optical rotators provide a switchable non-reciprocal 180-degree phase shifter that allows the birefringence of the fiber loop to be adjusted during continuous wave operation. The phase shifter is activated during continuous wave operation to find a minimum threshold and then is turned off, placing the laser in optimum state for mode locking.
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A parametric photodiode amplifier suitable for detecting light of frequency f and intensity P and having intersecting I:V curves for zero incident light and for incident light of intensity P. These photodiodes typically have an intrinsic density of carriers that is on the order of or less than the density of carriers produced by incident light of intensity P. When the photodiode is biased by an LO signal and is illuminated with modulated light of carrier frequency f, the photodiode output signal contains IF components at the difference between the frequencies of the modulation signal and the frequencies of on the order of the 23 lower harmonics of the LO signal.
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An optical assembly having a light circulating device is used for routing light and may be used with a receiver. The assembly includes a tunable filter for receiving light traveling from the light circulating device and for selecting which wavelengths of light that reach the receiver. A wavelength routing mechanism optically coupled to the tunable filter and located downstream from the circulator is used to prevent undesired dropping of signal wavelengths. The mechanism has a first operational mode preventing light from reaching the receiver and a second operational mode allowing light to reach the receiver. When the filter is tuning, the mechanism is preferably in the first operational mode. Preferably, the assembly has an arrangement of mirror reflections on the first path and the second path so that an even number of mirror reflection are experienced on one path and an odd number on the other path as light is recombined.
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A thermally-activated gas extraction device that comprises a bubble capture chamber, an exhaust manifold, a tapered extraction chamber and an extraction heater associated with the tapered extraction chamber. The tapered extraction chamber extends from the bubble capture chamber towards the exhaust manifold and has a cross-sectional area that increases towards the exhaust manifold. A gas removal method in which the gas extraction device is provided, a bubble of gas is accumulated in the bubble capture chamber, a portion of the liquid in the tapered extraction chamber heated to nucleate a bubble of vapor, and the bubble of vapor is heated to explosively expand the bubble of vapor into contact with the walls of the tapered extraction chamber and into contact with the bubble of gas to form a composite bubble. Contact with the walls of the tapered extraction moves the composite bubble towards the exhaust manifold. Finally, heating of the composite bubble is discontinued to condense the vapor in the composite bubble.
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A switching element that selectively couples a first optical path to a second optical path through an index-matching fluid includes a tapering region along each of the optical paths to achieve high coupling efficiency at both ends of substrate waveguides that form portions of the two optical paths. The two substrate waveguides are separated by a gap that is filled with the index-matching fluid in order to optically couple the two waveguides. The ends of the waveguides located at the gap have relatively large cross sectional areas to promote high coupling efficiency across the gap. For example, the cross sectional dimensions may be approximately 16 .mu.m.times.8 .mu.m at the interior ends of the two substrate waveguides. On the other hand, the exterior ends have significantly smaller cross sectional areas in order to promote high coupling efficiency to optical fibers. For example, the cross sectional dimensions of an external end may be 8 .mu.m.times.8 .mu.m. The substrate waveguides are adiabatically tapered in order to inhibit reflection. In another embodiment, the tapering regions of the two optical paths are formed along the optical fibers, rather than along the substrate waveguides.
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The method builds upon the highly repeatable properties of commercial optical fiber, and using commercial fiber for the waveguides in a fabric of optical switches. The method describes assembly of the fabric, locating the intersections, and a structure for placing the mating resistor.
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A thermal optical switching cell has a channel of either gas or boilable liquid that crosses an optical waveguide at a forty-five degree angle. Two or more appropriately placed heaters use the water/steam/dry states of thermal ink jet technology to quickly insert, or extract, boilable liquid respectively into, or from, the channel. The boilable liquid has an index of refraction close to that of the guide. In the wet state, the channel contains the liquid and nearly all the light of the incoming guide traverses the liquid along the axis of the guide. In the dry state, the channel contains gas. Total internal reflection (TIR) occurs and light is directed at right angles away from the axis of the incoming channel. Adding a second waveguide, perpendicular to, and intersecting the first waveguide at the channel, forms a cross-bar switch. These liquid switching cells toggle between the wet and dry states. No power is required to hold the switch in the most recent state. A monitoring signal is described that can be used to determine the state of the switch. The dry state of these cells is totally internally reflecting. The wet state, however, is transmissive with a small, but objectionable, amount of reflection. A push-pull optical circuit is formed using paired cells and at least one TIR mirror. One of the cells of the circuit is always in the TIR state to provide good isolation. This circuit has the property of reporting the state of the switch-pair so that a fault can be detected. If a fault is detected, repeated activation pulses can be applied to force liquid into the correct places to maintain proper operation of the circuit.
摘要:
Compounds of formula (I), in which [R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 ], [R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 ] and [R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 ] represent a carbon-carbon bond or two hydrogen atoms; R.sup.2 additionally represents alkyl; R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 represent groups including H or OH, R.sup.10 has various significances including alkyl and alkenyl; X and Y represent groups including O and (H, OH); R.sup.14, R.sup.15, R.sup.16, R.sup.17, R.sup.18, R.sup.19, R.sup.22 and R.sup.23 represent H or alkyl; R.sup.20 and R.sup.21 represent groups including O, (H, OH) and (H, O-alkyl), n is 1, 2 or 3, and in addition, Y, R.sup.10 and R.sup.23, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, may represent a heterocyclic ring, (with certain provisos) are described. Processes for making the compounds and pharmaceutical formulations containing them, e.g. for use as immunosuppressive agents, are also described. ##STR1##