Abstract:
An apparatus and method for measuring optical signal-to-noise ratio in optical communications includes (1) a variable optical band-pass filter (VOBPF) that passes the amplified output beam when the beam wavelength is the same as the passing wavelength of the VOBPF; (2) a 1×4 beam distributor for distributing the passing beam of the VOBPF into four streams; (3) a measuring device for measuring Stokes parameters S0, S1, S2, S3 from the four distributed beams; (4) a calculating device for calculating the optical signal power by finding the power of the polarized component of the amplified output beam from the Stokes parameters S1, S2, and S3; (5) a calculating device for calculating the noise power by finding the power of the noise included in the amplified output beam from Stokes parameter S0 and the optical signal power; and (6) a dividing device for calculating the ratio Power of Optical Signal Power of Noise at the passing wavelength.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring the wavelength, optical power, and an optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) of each optical signal in wavelength-division-multiplexing optical communication includes: elements for splitting a part of wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) signals, elements for amplifying the WDM signals and generating spontaneous emission light simultaneously, elements for reflecting a predetermined section of the spontaneous emission light and generating an optical reference signal, and elements for combining the optical reference signal with the part of the WDM signals split by the splitting elements and generating a combined light. The apparatus has components for filtering the combined light at a fixed temperature and generating a waveform which is the same as an optical spectrum of the combined light in the time domain. The apparatus includes elements for converting the waveform into an electrical signal and components for signal processing that measure the wavelength, the optical power, and the OSNR of the WDM signals.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network. In particular, it relates to a technology for minimizing the optical loss at a wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network based on wavelength-locked light source Thereby it improves the transmission quality and increases the transmission distance.A 4-port optical path setting device of the present invention increases the amount of light injected into an optical transmitter and thereby improves the wavelength-locking characteristic of a light source. In addition, it can decrease the optical transmission loss in an optical transmission path, and by an optical amplifier being inserted therein; it can also compensate the optical loss in an optical transmission path.In the present invention, a 4-port optical path setting device having the characteristics described above and a method for fault recovery without an additional optical loss are presented.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an optical path monitoring device on the basis of the identification of input ports in optical cross-connect systems. An optical path monitoring apparatus in an optical cross-connect system is provided. The optical cross-connect system in accordance with the present invention includes input ports, wavelength-division demultiplexers, optical switching devices, a control device, optical power regulating devices, wavelength-division multiplexers, and output ports. The optical path monitoring apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a plurality of pilot tone superimposers, a plurality of optical splitters, and a plurality of pilot tone detectors.
Abstract:
Natural and/or synthetic antibodies for specific proteins are adhered to nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are adhered to a substrate and the substrate is exposed to a sample that may contain the specific proteins. The substrates are then tested with surface enhanced Raman scattering techniques and/or localized surface plasmon resonance techniques to quantify the amount of the specific protein in the sample.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a low-cost light source for optical transmission systems and optical networks based on wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology. A light source in accordance with the present invention is implemented by externally injecting a narrow-band incoherent light into a Fabry-Perot laser diode (F-P LD). After injection of narrow-band incoherent light, the output of F-P LD becomes wavelength-selective rather than multi-mode and the output wavelength of F-P LD coincide with the peak wavelength of the injected incoherent light.Multi-channel WDM light sources according to the present invention can be implemented using a single broadband incoherent light source and plurality of F-P LDs. An optical transmission system for upstream signal transmission in an passive optical network using the light source according the present invention is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A fabricating method of a color filter array substrate includes the steps of forming a black matrix on a substrate, forming red, green, blue color filters on the substrate on which the black matrix is formed, forming an overcoat layer including a white color filter on the substrate on which the red, green, and blue color filters are formed, aligning a flat panel soft mold to the overcoat layer; and smoothing the overcoat layer using the flat panel soft mold.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a low-cost light source for optical transmission systems and optical networks based on wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technology. A light source in accordance with the present invention is implemented by externally injecting a narrow-band incoherent light into a Fabry-Perot laser diode (F-P LD). After injection of narrow-band incoherent light, the output of F-P LD becomes wavelength-selective rather than multi-mode and the output wavelength of F-P LD coincide with the peak wavelength of the injected incoherent light.Multi-channel WDM light sources according to the present invention can be implemented using a single broadband incoherent light source and plurality of F-P LDs. An optical transmission system for upstream signal transmission in an passive optical network using the light source according the present invention is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A soft mold and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. A master mold that has a pattern on a substrate is first formed. A first liquid high polymer precursor is formed on the master mold and then partially cured. A support film having high UV transmittance is attached to the partially cured high polymer. The attached support film and the partially cured high polymer are treated with a coupling agent and a second liquid high polymer precursor is formed on the partially cured high polymer and the support film. The second liquid high polymer precursor and the partially cured high polymer are then fully cured to form a mold. The fully cured mold is stripped from the master mold to form a soft mold having a predetermined shape on one surface.
Abstract:
A thin film transistor (TFT) that comprises a gate electrode on a substrate, a gate insulation layer on the gate electrode, an active layer having a source region, a drain region, and a channel region on the gate insulation layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed over the source region and drain region of the active layer respectively and facing each other with respect to the channel region. The profile of channel region between the source electrode and drain electrode is changed in a bend line. A method for forming the TFT is also provided.