Optical beam former for high frequency antenna arrays
    1.
    发明授权
    Optical beam former for high frequency antenna arrays 失效
    用于高频天线阵列的光束形成器

    公开(公告)号:US4929956A

    公开(公告)日:1990-05-29

    申请号:US246394

    申请日:1988-09-10

    IPC分类号: H01Q19/06 H01Q3/24 H01Q3/26

    CPC分类号: H01Q3/2676

    摘要: A wideband, true time delay antenna beamforming network 10 for millimeter wave phased array antennas is disclosed herein. The beamforming network 10 of the present invention includes a laser 30 for generating a beam B of electromagnetic energy. The beamforming network 10 further includes an electro-optic modulator 40 for modulating the beam B in response to an input signal S modulated about a first frequency f.sub.o. A first antenna array 80 generates a first electromagnetic field pattern P by radiating the modulated beam B' in a first direction. The present invention further includes a constrained lens 90 for receiving the first field pattern P and for emitting an antenna driver feed beam F in a second direction in response thereto. An antenna array driver 115 electro-magnetically coupled to the constrained lens 90 by the feed beam F provides a set of signals modulated about the first frequency f.sub.o to drive an antenna array 20.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了一种用于毫米波相控阵列天线的宽带真实时间延迟天线波束成形网络10。 本发明的波束成形网络10包括用于产生电磁能束B的激光器30。 波束形成网络10还包括电光调制器40,用于响应于围绕第一频率fo调制的输入信号S来调制波束B. 第一天线阵列80通过沿第一方向辐射调制波束B'来产生第一电磁场图案P. 本发明还包括用于接收第一场图案P并且响应于第二场图案P的第二方向发射天线驱动器馈送光束F的约束透镜90。 通过馈电光束F 1电磁耦合到约束透镜90的天线阵列驱动器115提供了关于第一频率fo调制以驱动天线阵列20的一组信号。

    Spectral filter for integrated optics
    2.
    发明授权
    Spectral filter for integrated optics 失效
    集成光学滤光片

    公开(公告)号:US4701009A

    公开(公告)日:1987-10-20

    申请号:US697802

    申请日:1985-02-04

    IPC分类号: G02B6/12 G02B6/34 G02B6/10

    CPC分类号: G02B6/29374 G02B6/12007

    摘要: A spectral filter for an integrated optic application, such as in an optical demultiplexer (14), is provided and includes a common input waveguide (20) integrally connected to a pair of optical output waveguides (22, 24). The material selected for the output waveguides (22, 24) can be semiconductor material that provides a low index of refraction for a specific wavelength in one output waveguide and a relatively higher index of refraction for the same wavelengths in the other output waveguide, the output waveguide materials being interrelated in that they have a common index of refraction for at least one wavelength across the spectrum of radiation. An incident spectrum of radiation (16) can be split into at least a pair of bandwidths of radiation to provide a spectral filter function.

    摘要翻译: 提供了用于集成光学应用的光谱滤波器,例如在光解复用器(14)中,并且包括与一对光输出波导(22,24)整体连接的公共输入波导(20)。 选择用于输出波导(22,24)的材料可以是对于一个输出波导中的特定波长提供低折射率的折射率和在另一个输出波导中相同波长的相对较高的折射率的半导体材料,输出 波导材料是相互关联的,因为它们对于辐射光谱的至少一个波长具有共同的折射率。 辐射(16)的入射光谱可以被分裂成至少一对辐射带宽以提供光谱滤波器功能。

    Method of fabricating gallium arsenide burris FET structure for optical
detection
    3.
    发明授权
    Method of fabricating gallium arsenide burris FET structure for optical detection 失效
    制造砷化镓胆囊FET结构的光学检测方法

    公开(公告)号:US4416053A

    公开(公告)日:1983-11-22

    申请号:US379522

    申请日:1982-05-17

    CPC分类号: H01L31/1123 H01L29/1079

    摘要: A GaAs FET structure with a high electric field region, or active region, contacted by source, gate and drain electrodes is provided which can be used for high speed optical detection or for microwave oscillator optical injection locking. The device provides for efficient coupling of optical radiation into the active region through an opening in a semi-insulating substrate used to support the device. A buffer layer between the active region and the substrate prevents leakage current to the substrate, permits a larger illumination window for improved optical coupling and provides mechanical support for the FET detector. GaAs photodetectors are also provided by eliminating the gate electrode.

    摘要翻译: 提供了具有与源极,栅极和漏极接触的高电场区域或有源区的GaAs FET结构,其可用于高速光学检测或微波振荡器光注入锁定。 该器件通过用于支持器件的半绝缘衬底中的开口提供光辐射有效耦合到有源区域中。 有源区和衬底之间的缓冲层防止对衬底的泄漏电流,允许更大的照明窗用于改善光耦合并为FET检测器提供机械支撑。 还通过去除栅电极来提供GaAs光电探测器。

    Thermally insulated distributed light network from a central light source
    4.
    发明授权
    Thermally insulated distributed light network from a central light source 失效
    中央光源的绝热分布式光网络

    公开(公告)号:US5436805A

    公开(公告)日:1995-07-25

    申请号:US968018

    申请日:1992-10-29

    摘要: A thermally insulated distributed light network employs an array of discrete, thermally insulative light guides that are spaced slightly away from a central light source and provide optical coupling to optical fibers that have a lower thermal capability. The light guides can either be solid such as quartz, focusing lenses, or a combination of the two. The light receiving ends of the light guides are preferably held by a specially designed coupler so that the guides do not diverge from each other by more than the fibers' optical acceptance angle. The light guides are shaped so that their adjacent edges touch and form an enclosure around the light source, and the fibers are provided in bundles with matching geometries. The network includes an edge-lit display panel that is illuminated by a fiber that has either internal light scattering centers in the form of reflective particles or gas bubbles, or a series of edge notches, to redirect light into the panel.

    摘要翻译: 隔热分布式光网络使用离散的绝热光导阵列,其间隔开远离中心光源并且提供具有较低热能力的光纤的光耦合。 光导可以是固体,例如石英,聚焦透镜,或两者的组合。 导光体的光接收端优选地由专门设计的耦合器保持,使得引导件不会彼此分开超过光纤的光学接受角度。 光导件的形状使得其相邻的边缘接触并形成围绕光源的外壳,并且纤维以匹配的几何形状提供成束。 网络包括边缘照明的显示面板,其由具有反射粒子或气泡形式的内部光散射中心或一系列边缘凹口的光纤照射,以将光重定向到面板中。

    Distributed lighting system with fiber optic controls
    5.
    发明授权
    Distributed lighting system with fiber optic controls 失效
    具有光纤控制的分布式照明系统

    公开(公告)号:US5434756A

    公开(公告)日:1995-07-18

    申请号:US178944

    申请日:1994-01-07

    摘要: A vehicle lighting system includes one or more central light sources, a plurality of optical loads including headlight lenses, an optical fiber network that extends from the light sources to illuminate the headlight lenses and other optical loads, and optical switches and oscillators that include respective input fibers illuminated from the light source and output fibers to respective optical loads, and operate by enabling and disabling optical connections between their input and output fibers. The headlight assemblies switch between high and low beams by moving their fibers vertically, and control beam diffusion by moving the fibers parallel to the lens axes, including an automatic diffusion adjustment for a headlight reflection from a vehicle in front. The switches include various mechanisms for moving the input and output fibers into and out of alignment with each other, including a shaped resilient sleeve, a hinge pivotally joining the fibers, an opaque shutter with a transmissive section movable between the fibers, and also a liquid-based switch that relies upon total internal reflection. A feedback mechanism for some of the switches dims the source lamp when the switch is OFF to conserve energy. The oscillators operate by normally urging an input fiber towards an OFF position, at which it actuates a mechanism that shifts it to an ON position at which the mechanism is deactivated. A failsafe system employs multiple light sources, with each source sharing its light output with the load for another source that has failed.

    摘要翻译: 车辆照明系统包括一个或多个中央光源,包括头灯透镜的多个光学负载,从光源延伸以照亮前灯透镜和其他光负载的光纤网络,以及包括相应输入的光开关和振荡器 从光源照射的光纤并将光纤输出到相应的光负载,并且通过启用和禁用它们的输入和输出光纤之间的光学连接来操作。 头灯组件通过垂直移动其光纤而在高光束和低光束之间切换,并且通过将光纤平行于透镜轴移动来控制光束扩散,包括用于前方车辆的前灯反射的自动扩散调节。 开关包括用于将输入和输出纤维彼此移动和排出对准的各种机构,包括成形的弹性套筒,枢转地连接纤维的铰链,具有可在纤维之间移动的透射部分的不透明快门,以及液体 基于全内反射的开关。 当开关关闭时,一些开关的反馈机制会使源灯变暗,以节省能源。 振荡器通过将输入光纤正常地推向关闭位置来操作,在该位置致动一个将其移动到机构停用的接通位置的机构。 一个故障安全系统采用多个光源,每个源将其光输出与负载分享给另一个失败的源。

    Integrated waveguide and FET detector
    6.
    发明授权
    Integrated waveguide and FET detector 失效
    集成波导和FET检测器

    公开(公告)号:US4360246A

    公开(公告)日:1982-11-23

    申请号:US152977

    申请日:1980-05-23

    IPC分类号: G02B6/42 G02B5/174

    CPC分类号: G02B6/42

    摘要: A GaAs FET structure with a high electric field region, or active region, contacted by source, gate and drain electrodes is provided which can be used for high speed optical detection or for microwave oscillator optical injection locking. The device provides for efficient coupling of incident optical radiation into the active region, employing confinement and waveguiding regions lying in the plane of the device and adapted to guide incident optical radiation to the active region. GaAs photoconductors are also provided by eliminating the gate electrode.

    摘要翻译: 提供了具有与源极,栅极和漏极接触的高电场区域或有源区的GaAs FET结构,其可用于高速光学检测或微波振荡器光注入锁定。 该装置提供入射光学辐射有效耦合到有源区域中,采用位于器件平面内的限制和波导区域,并适于将入射光辐射引导到有源区域。 还通过去除栅电极来提供GaAs光电导体。

    Apparatus and method for optical energy amplification using two-beam
coupling
    7.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for optical energy amplification using two-beam coupling 失效
    使用双光束耦合的光能放大的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5373526A

    公开(公告)日:1994-12-13

    申请号:US881951

    申请日:1992-05-12

    摘要: A diffraction limited working beam at a given frequency is amplified without degrading its diffraction limited quality by diverting a minor portion of the beam as a probe beam, and amplifying the remaining portion of the working beam with a high power pump beam at a different wavelength. The amplification takes place in a host medium that has a rare earth dopant with an energy transition from the pump beam's wavelength to the wavelength of the working beam. The resulting amplified working beam is non-diffraction limited. The probe beam is frequency modulated and coupled with the amplified working beam in a second host medium that also has a rare earth dopant. Energy is transferred from the amplified working beam to the modulated probe beam through a resonant energy transfer in the second host medium, producing an amplified output beam at the working beam frequency that retains the diffraction limited quality of the probe beam.

    摘要翻译: 在给定频率下的衍射受限工作束被放大,而不会通过转移作为探测光束的光束的较小部分而降低其衍射限制质量,并以不同波长的高功率泵浦光束放大工作光束的剩余部分。 放大发生在具有从泵浦波长的波长到工作波长的能量跃迁的稀土掺杂剂的主介质中。 所得到的放大工作光束是非衍射受限的。 在具有稀土掺杂剂的第二主介质中,探测光束被调频并与放大的工作光束耦合。 能量通过第二主介质中的共振能量传递从放大的工作波束传送到调制的探测光束,产生以保持探测光束的衍射限制质量的工作光束频率的放大的输出光束。

    Distributed lighting system with fiber optic controls
    8.
    发明授权
    Distributed lighting system with fiber optic controls 失效
    具有光纤控制的分布式照明系统

    公开(公告)号:US5311410A

    公开(公告)日:1994-05-10

    申请号:US968637

    申请日:1992-10-29

    摘要: A vehicle lighting system includes one or more central light sources, a plurality of optical loads including headlight lenses, an optical fiber network that extends from the light sources to illuminate the headlight lenses and other optical loads, and optical switches and oscillators that include respective input fibers illuminated from the light source and output fibers to respective optical loads, and operate by enabling and disabling optical connections between their input and output fibers. The headlight assemblies switch between high and low beams by moving their fibers vertically, and control beam diffusion by moving the fibers parallel to the lens axes, including an automatic diffusion adjustment for a headlight reflection from a vehicle in front. The switches include various mechanisms for moving the input and output fibers into and out of alignment with each other, including a shaped resilient sleeve, a hinge pivotally joining the fibers, an opaque shutter with a transmissive section movable between the fibers, and also a liquid-based switch that relies upon total internal reflection. A feedback mechanism for some of the switches dims the source lamp when the switch is OFF to conserve energy. The oscillators operate by normally urging an input fiber towards an OFF position, at which it actuates a mechanism that shifts it to an ON position at which the mechanism is deactivated. A failsafe system employs multiple light sources, with each source sharing its light output with the load for another source that has failed.

    摘要翻译: 车辆照明系统包括一个或多个中央光源,包括头灯透镜的多个光学负载,从光源延伸以照亮前灯透镜和其他光负载的光纤网络,以及包括相应输入的光开关和振荡器 从光源照射的光纤并将光纤输出到相应的光负载,并且通过启用和禁用它们的输入和输出光纤之间的光学连接来操作。 头灯组件通过垂直移动其光纤而在高光束和低光束之间切换,并且通过将光纤平行于透镜轴移动来控制光束扩散,包括用于前方车辆的前灯反射的自动扩散调节。 开关包括用于将输入和输出纤维彼此移动和排出对准的各种机构,包括成形的弹性套筒,枢转地连接纤维的铰链,具有可在纤维之间移动的透射部分的不透明快门,以及液体 基于全内反射的开关。 当开关关闭时,一些开关的反馈机制会使源灯变暗,以节省能源。 振荡器通过将输入光纤正常地推向关闭位置来操作,在该位置致动一个将其移动到机构停用的接通位置的机构。 一个故障安全系统采用多个光源,每个源将其光输出与负载分享给另一个失败的源。

    Product of and process for forming tapered waveguides
    9.
    发明授权
    Product of and process for forming tapered waveguides 失效
    形成锥形波导的产品和工艺

    公开(公告)号:US4711514A

    公开(公告)日:1987-12-08

    申请号:US690792

    申请日:1985-01-11

    IPC分类号: G02B6/122 G02B6/134 G02B6/12

    CPC分类号: G02B6/1342 G02B6/1228

    摘要: A method of forming a tapered optical waveguide within a substrate (2). An appropriate substrate (2) is coated with a layer of barrier material (4) such as silicon dioxide which provides a relatively tight matrix relative to the open matrix of the substrate (2). The barrier material (4) is deposited on the substrate with a sloping variable thickness that is inversely related to the desired depth of the waveguide taper. The barrier material (4) can be deposited through a vacuum deposition technique and subsequently subjected to ion-milling to provide the desired taper. An appropriate source of metal ions (6), such as silver, capable of being transferred, such as by diffusion into the substrate (2) for increasing the refractive index and thereby defining a waveguide, is then transmitted to and through the barrier material (4). The metal (6) may be coated on the tapered barrier material (4), and then diffused into the substrate (2) through the barrier material (4) which provides a controlled transmission of the ions proportional to its thickness. The substrate ( 2) can then be cleaned to strip both the barrier material (4) and residual metal (6) for subsequent processing. The resulting product of this process is a superior tapered optical waveguide device that can be economically manufactured.

    摘要翻译: 一种在衬底(2)内形成锥形光波导的方法。 涂覆有一层隔离材料(4)的适当的基底(2),例如二氧化硅,其相对于基底(2)的开放基质提供相对紧密的基质。 阻挡材料(4)以与波导锥度的期望深度成反比关系的倾斜可变厚度沉积在基板上。 阻挡材料(4)可以通过真空沉积技术沉积,随后进行离子铣削以提供所需的锥度。 然后将能够被转移的适当的金属离子(6)源,例如通过扩散到衬底(2)中以增加折射率并由此限定波导,然后传递到穿过阻挡材料( 4)。 金属(6)可以涂覆在锥形阻挡材料(4)上,然后通过阻挡材料(4)扩散到衬底(2)中,阻挡材料(4)提供与其厚度成比例的受控的离子透射。 然后可以清洁衬底(2)以剥离阻挡材料(4)和残余金属(6)以用于随后的处理。 该方法的最终产品是可以经济地制造的优异的锥形光波导器件。

    Gallium arsenide burrus FET structure for optical detection
    10.
    发明授权
    Gallium arsenide burrus FET structure for optical detection 失效
    砷化镓刺激FET结构进行光学检测

    公开(公告)号:US4346394A

    公开(公告)日:1982-08-24

    申请号:US133183

    申请日:1980-03-24

    CPC分类号: H01L31/1123

    摘要: A GaAs FET structure with a high electric field region, or active region, contacted by source, gate and drain electrodes is provided which can be used for high speed optical detection or for microwave oscillator optical injection locking. The device provides for efficient coupling of optical radiation into the active region through an opening in a semi-insulating substrate used to support the device. A buffer layer between the active region and the substrate prevents leakage current to the substrate, permits a larger illumination window for improved optical coupling and provides mechanical support for the FET detector. GaAs photodetectors are also provided by eliminating the gate electrode.

    摘要翻译: 提供了具有与源极,栅极和漏极接触的高电场区域或有源区的GaAs FET结构,其可用于高速光学检测或微波振荡器光注入锁定。 该器件通过用于支持器件的半绝缘衬底中的开口提供光辐射有效耦合到有源区域中。 有源区和衬底之间的缓冲层防止对衬底的泄漏电流,允许更大的照明窗用于改善光耦合并为FET检测器提供机械支撑。 还通过去除栅电极来提供GaAs光电探测器。