Image stabilization and shifting in a liquid crystal lens
    21.
    发明授权
    Image stabilization and shifting in a liquid crystal lens 有权
    液晶镜头中的图像稳定和移位

    公开(公告)号:US09036102B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-19

    申请号:US13517189

    申请日:2010-12-23

    摘要: Variable liquid crystal devices for controlling the propagation of light through a liquid crystal layer use a frequency dependent material to dynamically reconfigure effective electrode structures in the device. The frequency of a drive signal that generates an electric field in the device can be varied, and the frequency dependent material has different charge mobilities for the different frequencies. At a low charge mobility, the frequency dependent material has little effect on the existing electrode structures. However, at a high charge mobility, the frequency dependent material appears as an extension of the fixed electrodes, and can be used to change the effective electrode structure and, thereby, the spatial profile of the electric field. This, in turn, changes the optical properties of the liquid crystal, thus allowing the optical device to be frequency controllable.

    摘要翻译: 用于控制光通过液晶层的传播的可变液晶装置使用频率相关材料来动态地重新配置装置中的有效电极结构。 可以改变在器件中产生电场的驱动信号的频率,并且频率相关材料对于不同的频率具有不同的电荷迁移率。 在低电荷迁移率下,频率相关材料对现有的电极结构几乎没有影响。 然而,在高电荷迁移率下,频率相关材料表现为固定电极的延伸,并且可用于改变有效电极结构,从而改变电场的空间分布。 这又改变了液晶的光学特性,从而允许光学器件是频率可控的。

    Electrically variable focus polymer-stabilized liquid crystal lens
    26.
    发明申请
    Electrically variable focus polymer-stabilized liquid crystal lens 有权
    电可变焦聚合物稳定液晶透镜

    公开(公告)号:US20050018127A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-27

    申请号:US10861480

    申请日:2004-06-07

    摘要: A variable focus liquid crystal lens includes a nematic liquid crystal/monomer mixture having a spatially inhomogenous polymer network structure, and an electrode for applying a substantially uniform voltage to the nematic liquid crystal/monomer mixture. The lens is created within a cell by applying a substantially uniform electric field to the nematic liquid crystal/monomer mixture within the cell, while simultaneously irradiating the nematic liquid crystal/monomer mixture using a laser beam having a shaped intensity distribution, so as to induce formation of a spatially inhomogenous polymer network structure within the cell.

    摘要翻译: 可变焦点液晶透镜包括具有空间不均匀聚合物网络结构的向列型液晶/单体混合物和用于向向列型液晶/单体混合物施加基本均匀电压的电极。 通过对单元内的向列型液晶/单体混合物施加基本上均匀的电场,同时用具有成形强度分布的激光束同时照射向列型液晶/单体混合物,从而在透镜内产生透镜,从而诱导 在细胞内形成空间不均匀的聚合物网络结构。

    Three dimensional thermo-electro-mechanical device for controlling light propagation in an optical guide
    27.
    发明授权
    Three dimensional thermo-electro-mechanical device for controlling light propagation in an optical guide 失效
    用于控制光导中的光传播的三维热电机械装置

    公开(公告)号:US07079747B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-18

    申请号:US11060404

    申请日:2005-02-18

    IPC分类号: G02B6/00

    摘要: A variable optical attenuator comprises a portion of a waveguide through which optical energy can propagate having a side surface through which optical energy can be extracted; a layer of thermo sensitive material having controllable optical properties, covering the side surface of the portion; a helicoidal heating element wrapped around the waveguide and covering at least the layer. The helicoidal heating element can be used to control the optical properties of the material by inducing a thermal transfer profile on the material using the heat dissipation of the heater through the material; wherein a wave propagation in the waveguide is influenced by the optical properties of the material controlled by the heating element. The heating element can also have a measurable temperature coefficient; a controller for controlling the temperature of the heating element as a function of the temperature coefficient; wherein the temperature of the heating element can be controlled without using an additional temperature probe. And the heating element can also be used to control the curing of the material using the heat dissipation of the heater through the material, thereby providing a mechanical armature for the material and the waveguide; wherein the mechanical armature solidifies the attenuator.

    摘要翻译: 可变光衰减器包括波导的一部分,光能通过该部分可以传播,具有侧表面,通过该侧表面可以提取光能; 具有可控光学性质的热敏材料层,覆盖该部分的侧表面; 围绕波导缠绕的螺旋形加热元件并且至少覆盖该层。 螺旋加热元件可用于通过使用加热器通过材料的散热在材料上引起热转印轮廓来控制材料的光学性质; 其中波导中的波传播受到由加热元件控制的材料的光学特性的影响。 加热元件也可以具有可测量的温度系数; 控制器,用于根据温度系数控制加热元件的温度; 其中可以在不使用附加温度探针的情况下控制加热元件的温度。 并且加热元件也可用于通过加热器通过材料的散热来控制材料的固化,从而为材料和波导提供机械衔铁; 其中所述机械衔铁固化所述衰减器。

    Optical device and method for the spectrally-designed attenuation of a multi-wavelength light signal
    28.
    发明申请
    Optical device and method for the spectrally-designed attenuation of a multi-wavelength light signal 失效
    用于多波长光信号的光谱设计衰减的光学装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20060062518A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-23

    申请号:US11233514

    申请日:2005-09-21

    IPC分类号: G02B6/26

    CPC分类号: B82Y20/00 B82Y10/00 G02B6/266

    摘要: A device and method for the spectrally-designed and controlled attenuation of a light signal, including an attenuation structure which may be placed in the proximity of a waveguide's core and which comprises a base material system containing non-uniformities having optical properties that are different from those of the host. These non-uniformities may have various natures, geometrical forms and sizes and may be created, doped or otherwise introduced in the base material system to obtain externally controllable optical properties of the whole composite material providing a broadband spectral performance.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于光信号的光谱设计和受控衰减的装置和方法,包括可以放置在波导芯的附近的衰减结构,并且包括具有不均匀性的基本材料系统,所述不均匀性具有不同于 那些主机。 这些不均匀性可以具有各种性质,几何形状和尺寸,并且可以在基材系统中产生,掺杂或以其他方式引入,以获得提供宽带光谱性能的整个复合材料的外部可控的光学性质。

    Material composition for the stable coupling of optical components
    29.
    发明申请
    Material composition for the stable coupling of optical components 审中-公开
    用于光学元件稳定耦合的材料组成

    公开(公告)号:US20050271336A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-08

    申请号:US11132153

    申请日:2005-05-17

    摘要: A material composition for optically coupling two optical components, a method for making such a coupling and the resulting device are provided. The material composition includes a first material system polymerizable by light, and a second material system having a refractive index smaller than that of the first material system after its polymerization. The second material system is miscible with the first prior to its polymerization, but repulsed by it afterwards. The material composition is injected between two optical components, such as a light source and waveguide or two waveguides, and exposed to light beams from both sides to generate a light guiding channel therebetween. The transverse refractive index profile in the coupling region is W-shaped.

    摘要翻译: 提供用于光学耦合两个光学部件的材料组合物,用于制造这种耦合的方法和所得到的器件。 该材料组合物包括可通过光聚合的第一材料体系和在其聚合之后折射率小于第一材料体系的折射率的第二材料体系。 第二种材料体系在聚合之前与第一种物质混溶,但后来被排斥。 将材料组合物注入两个光学部件,例如光源和波导或两个波导,并且从两侧暴露于光束,以在它们之间产生导光通道。 耦合区域中的横折射率分布是W形的。

    Method and device for coupling a light emitting source to an optical waveguide
    30.
    发明授权
    Method and device for coupling a light emitting source to an optical waveguide 失效
    用于将发光源耦合到光波导的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07114860B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-03

    申请号:US10736756

    申请日:2003-12-17

    IPC分类号: G02B6/36

    CPC分类号: G02B6/13 G02B6/10 G02B6/4201

    摘要: In a method for coupling an optical waveguide to a light emitting diode (LED) within a resin case, an input end of the optical waveguide is mounted proximal to a surface formed in the resin case parallel to a light-emitting face of the LED. The optical waveguide and the resin case can be bonded by a light or thermally curable resin that is applied and subsequently solidified. The light or thermally curable resin may be a photopolymer sensitive to light emerging from the waveguide. An automated coupling system is provided to optimize the coupling conditions using the in-coupled light efficiency feedback and controller. Finally a method is described allowing the coupling efficiency to be controlled using external excitation forces or light intensity variations, using electro-optic, magneto-optic, thermo-optic, light polarization sensitive or nonlinear properties of the filler material used between the resin case and waveguide.

    摘要翻译: 在将光波导耦合到树脂壳体内的发光二极管(LED)的方法中,光波导的输入端安装在与LED的发光面平行的形成在树脂壳体中的表面的近侧。 光波导和树脂壳体可以通过施加并随后固化的光或热固化树脂粘合。 光或热固化树脂可以是对从波导出射的光敏感的光聚合物。 提供了一种自动耦合系统,以使用耦合光效反馈和控制器来优化耦合条件。 最后,描述了一种方法,其允许使用外部激发力或光强度变化来控制耦合效率,其使用在树脂壳体和树脂壳体之间使用的填充材料的电光学,磁光学,热光学,光偏振敏感或非线性特性 波导。