公开(公告)号：US20050226575A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-13

申请号：US11063380

申请日：2005-02-22

申请人： Thomas Brown ,  Kenneth Feder ,  Yufeng Li ,  Jeffrey Nicholson ,  Paul Westbrook

发明人： Thomas Brown ,  Kenneth Feder ,  Yufeng Li ,  Jeffrey Nicholson ,  Paul Westbrook

IPC分类号： G02F1/35 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/34 ,  G02F1/365

CPC分类号： G02B6/02028 ,  G02B6/021 ,  G02B6/02242 ,  G02F1/365

摘要： Enhancement of the supercontinuum generation performance of a highly-nonlinear optical fiber (HNLF) is accomplished by incorporating at least one Bragg grating structure in the HNLF. The Bragg grating results in reflecting a core-guided signal into signal which also remains core-guided. The supercontinuum radiation generated by such an arrangement will exhibit a substantial peak in its energy at the grating resonance of the Bragg grating and a region of increased radiation in a narrow wavelength band on the long wavelength side of the peak. A number of such Bragg gratings may be formed so as to “tailor” the enhancements provided in the supercontinuum radiation. Various, well-known Bragg grating modifications (tuning, chirped, blazed, etc.) may also be used in the inventive structure to enhance the generated supercontinuum.

摘要翻译： 通过在HNLF中并入至少一个布拉格光栅结构来实现高非线性光纤（HNLF）的超连续谱生成性能的提高。 布拉格光栅导致将芯引导信号反射到信号中，该信号也保持核心引导。 由这种布置产生的超连续谱辐射将在布拉格光栅的光栅谐振处的能量中呈现出实质上的峰值，并且在峰值的长波长侧上在窄波长带中增加辐射的区域。 可以形成多个这样的布拉格光栅，以便“定制”超连续谱辐射中提供的增强。 各种众所周知的布拉格光栅修改（调谐，啁啾，闪耀等）也可以用于本发明的结构中以增强生成的超连续谱。

公开(公告)号：US20060251424A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-09

申请号：US11417093

申请日：2006-05-03

申请人： Jeffrey Nicholson ,  Paul Westbrook

发明人： Jeffrey Nicholson ,  Paul Westbrook

IPC分类号： H04B10/12

CPC分类号： G02F1/365 ,  G02F2/002 ,  G02F2201/02 ,  G02F2201/307 ,  G02F2203/56

摘要： An arrangement for generating beat notes with a relatively high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) utilizes a pulsed laser source coupled into a section of post-processed highly-nonlinear optical fiber (HNLF) to generate a frequency comb having one or more regions of enhanced spectral power. A second laser signal source is overlapped with the frequency comb to form one or more “beat notes” at difference frequencies(y) between the second source and the continuum comb. By virtue of the post-processing, areas of spectral enhancement are formed along the comb, and are positioned to interact with the second laser signal to generate optical beat notes. The second laser signal may be from an external source (forming beat notes from a signal “outside” of the comb), or may be a frequency-multiplied version of the generated supercontinuum (forming beat notes from a signal “within” the comb).

摘要翻译： 用于产生具有相对高的信噪比（SNR）的节拍的装置利用耦合到后处理的高非线性光纤（HNLF）的一部分中的脉冲激光源来产生具有一个或多个区域 的增强光谱功率。 第二激光信号源与频率梳重叠，以在第二源和连续梳之间的差频（y）处形成一个或多个“拍音”。 通过后处理，沿着梳状物形成光谱增强的区域，并且被定位成与第二激光信号相互作用以产生光学拍音。 第二激光信号可以来自外部源（从梳状物的“外部”的信号形成节拍音符），或者可以是所生成的超连续谱的倍频版本（从“梳”内的信号形成节奏音符） 。

公开(公告)号：US20050226576A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-13

申请号：US11063406

申请日：2005-02-22

申请人： Kenneth Feder ,  Jeffrey Nicholson ,  Paul Westbrook

发明人： Kenneth Feder ,  Jeffrey Nicholson ,  Paul Westbrook

IPC分类号： G02F1/35 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/34 ,  G02F1/365

CPC分类号： G02B6/02028 ,  G02B6/021 ,  G02B6/02242 ,  G02F1/365

摘要： Enhancement of the supercontinuum generation performance of a highly-nonlinear optical fiber (HNLF) is accomplished by performing at least one post-processing treatment on the HNLF. Particularly, UV exposure of the HNLF will modify its dispersion and effective area characteristics so as to increase its supercontinuum bandwidth, without resorting to techniques such as tapering or introducing unwanted reflections into the HNLF. The UV exposure can be uniform, slowly varying or aperiodic along the length of the HNLF, where the radiation will modify the nonlinear properties of the HNLF. Various other methods of altering these properties may be used. The output from the HNLF can be monitored and used to control the post-processing operation in order to achieve a set of desired features in the enhanced supercontinuum spectrum.

摘要翻译： 通过对HNLF进行至少一次后处理处理来实现高非线性光纤（HNLF）的超连续谱生成性能的提高。 特别地，HNLF的紫外线曝光将改变其色散和有效面积特性，以便增加其超连续谱带宽，而不需要采用诸如锥形化或将不想要的反射引入到HNLF中的技术。 紫外线暴露可以沿着HNLF的长度均匀，缓慢变化或非周期性，其中辐射将改变HNLF的非线性特性。 可以使用改变这些性质的各种其它方法。 HNLF的输出可以被监视并用于控制后处理操作，以便在增强的超连续谱中获得一组所需的特征。

公开(公告)号：US07010195B2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-07

申请号：US10099212

申请日：2002-03-15

申请人： Paul Westbrook

发明人： Paul Westbrook

IPC分类号： G02B6/34 ,  G02B6/27

CPC分类号： G02B6/4215 ,  G02B6/02109 ,  G02B6/02195 ,  G02B6/243 ,  G02B6/266 ,  G02B6/2726 ,  G02B6/2793 ,  G02B6/29317 ,  G02B6/4214

摘要： A tunable polarization dependent loss element is formed of a fiber including a highly tilted optical grating. The grating is formed at an angle of approximately 45° so as to preferentially scatter one polarization state out of the fiber core while allowing the remaining, orthogonal polarization to propagate unimpeded. By twisting the ends of the fiber grating structure, the orientation of the grating with respect to the fiber optical axis will be changed, modifying the amount of optical signal existing in each polarization state. In one embodiment, both ends may be rotated in the same direction through the same angular displacement, resulting in merely rotating the principle states of polarization in the fiber. Alternatively, the ends of the grating may be rotated (twisted) in opposite directions so as to couple all of the light signal into a single polarization state, reducing the amount of polarization dependent loss to essentially zero. Therefore, by controlling the twist imparted to the grating, the amount of exhibited polarization dependent loss can also be controlled.

公开(公告)号：US06865320B1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-08

申请号：US10373613

申请日：2003-02-25

申请人： Paul Westbrook

发明人： Paul Westbrook

IPC分类号： G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/28 ,  G02B6/34

CPC分类号： G02B6/02109 ,  G01J1/0209 ,  G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/0407 ,  G01J1/0422 ,  G01J1/0425 ,  G01J1/4257 ,  G02B6/02085 ,  G02B6/2852 ,  G02B6/29323 ,  G02B6/4215

摘要： A matched pair of tilted gratings may be formed in a section of optical fiber (or waveguide) and used as a “tap” to measure the power of an optical signal passing through the fiber. By using a pair of highly-tilted gratings (e.g., tilted at an angle of 45° with respect to the optical axis) and orienting the gratings to be orthogonal with respect to one another (i.e., azimuthal orthogonality around the fiber axis), a pair of orthogonally polarized beams will be out-coupled from the propagating signal. Since the pair of beams are orthogonal, their sum can be made insensitive to variations in polarization of the optical signal propagating along the fiber.

摘要翻译： 可以在光纤（或波导）的一部分中形成一对匹配的倾斜光栅，并将其用作“抽头”来测量通过光纤的光信号的功率。 通过使用一对高度倾斜的光栅（例如，相对于光轴以45°的角度倾斜）并且使光栅相对于彼此正交（即，围绕光纤轴的方位正交）定向， 一对正交偏振光束将从传播信号外耦合。 由于该对光束是正交的，它们的和可以对沿着光纤传播的光信号的偏振变化不敏感。

公开(公告)号：US20050050577A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-03

申请号：US10339700

申请日：2003-01-08

申请人： Paul Westbrook ,  Howard Look ,  James Young ,  Stephen Lacy ,  Timothy Davison

发明人： Paul Westbrook ,  Howard Look ,  James Young ,  Stephen Lacy ,  Timothy Davison

IPC分类号： H04N5/76 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/6543 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/91 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/162 ,  H04N21/2181 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4516 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4755 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： A system for remotely controlling client recording and storage behavior schedules the recording, storing, and deleting of multimedia content on a client system storage device. The invention accepts as input a prioritized list of program viewing preferences which is compared with a database of program guide objects that indicate when programs of interest are actually broadcast. A schedule of time versus available storage space is generated that is optimal for the viewer's explicit or derived preferred content. The viewer may request that certain content be captured, which results in the highest possible priority for those content. The invention provides objects called a capture requests that are sent by the service to client systems. Capture requests reflect local storage management decisions about how the client system storage is partitioned. Capture requests also allow the service to determine content to be recorded by the client system in the same manner that a viewer requests that certain content are recorded but are more powerful than what a viewer can request. Recording requests for a capture request can preempt viewer requests or be entered at the same or lower priority as a viewer request. Capture requests can adjust all aspects of a recording request and affect the capture request itself. Client system operational functionality are also manipulated by the service using capture requests.

摘要翻译： 用于远程控制客户端记录和存储行为的系统在客户端系统存储设备上调度多媒体内容的记录，存储和删除。 本发明接受作为输入的节目观看偏好的优先列表，其与指示感兴趣的节目实际上被广播的节目指南对象的数据库进行比较。 生成时间与可用存储空间的时间表，对于观看者的显式或派生的优选内容是最佳的。 观众可以请求捕获某些内容，这导致那些内容的最高可能的优先级。 本发明提供了被称为由服务发送给客户端系统的捕获请求的对象。 捕获请求反映了关于客户端系统存储分区的本地存储管理决策。 捕获请求还允许服务以与观众请求某些内容被记录但是比观看者可以请求更强大的相同的方式确定由客户端系统记录的内容。 拍摄请求的记录请求可以抢占查看器请求或以与查看器请求相同或较低的优先级输入。 捕获请求可以调整记录请求的所有方面并影响捕获请求本身。 客户端系统的操作功能也由服务使用捕获请求来操纵。

公开(公告)号：US20110047579A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-24

申请号：US12806661

申请日：2010-08-16

申请人： Paul Westbrook ,  Howard Look ,  James Young ,  Stephen Lacy ,  Timothy Davison ,  James M. Barton

发明人： Paul Westbrook ,  Howard Look ,  James Young ,  Stephen Lacy ,  Timothy Davison ,  James M. Barton

IPC分类号： H04N5/445

CPC分类号： H04N21/6543 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/91 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/162 ,  H04N21/2181 ,  H04N21/2407 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4516 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4755 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： A system for remotely controlling client recording and storage behavior schedules the recording, storing, and deleting of multimedia content on a client system storage device. The invention accepts as input a prioritized list of program viewing preferences which is compared with a database of program guide objects that indicate when programs of interest are actually broadcast. A schedule of time versus available storage space is generated that is optimal for the viewer's explicit or derived preferred content. The viewer may request that certain content be captured, which results in the highest possible priority for those content. The invention provides objects called a capture requests that are sent by the service to client systems. Capture requests reflect local storage management decisions about how the client system storage is partitioned. Capture requests also allow the service to determine content to be recorded by the client system in the same manner that a viewer requests that certain content are recorded but are more powerful than what a viewer can request. Recording requests for a capture request can preempt viewer requests or be entered at the same or lower priority as a viewer request. Capture requests can adjust all aspects of a recording request and affect the capture request itself. Client system operational functionality are also manipulated by the service using capture requests.

摘要翻译： 用于远程控制客户端记录和存储行为的系统在客户端系统存储设备上调度多媒体内容的记录，存储和删除。 本发明接受作为输入的节目观看偏好的优先列表，其与指示感兴趣的节目实际上被广播的节目指南对象的数据库进行比较。 生成时间与可用存储空间的时间表，对于观看者的显式或派生的优选内容是最佳的。 观众可以请求捕获某些内容，这导致那些内容的最高可能的优先级。 本发明提供了被称为由服务发送给客户端系统的捕获请求的对象。 捕获请求反映了关于客户端系统存储分区的本地存储管理决策。 捕获请求还允许服务以与观众请求某些内容被记录但是比观看者可以请求更强大的相同的方式确定由客户端系统记录的内容。 拍摄请求的记录请求可以抢占查看器请求或以与查看器请求相同或较低的优先级输入。 捕获请求可以调整记录请求的所有方面并影响捕获请求本身。 客户端系统的操作功能也由服务使用捕获请求来操纵。

公开(公告)号：US20060215157A1

公开(公告)日：2006-09-28

申请号：US11359014

申请日：2006-02-21

申请人： Paul Westbrook

发明人： Paul Westbrook

IPC分类号： G01J4/00

CPC分类号： G01J4/00

摘要： A method of nonlinear polarimetry for measuring higher order moments of the E field of an optical signal is provided. The method includes imposing a phase delay on a first polarization of a received optical signal with respect to a second polarization of the optical signal to produce an intermediate optical signal having a time varying polarization. A polarization of the intermediate optical signal is suppressed. The intermediate optical signal is detected with a plurality of photodetectors, with at least one photodetector configured to be responsive to a nonlinear optical process. Spectra of the photodetector outputs are calculated to determine higher order moments of the E field, and the moments are transformed to obtain the polarization measurement.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于测量光信号的E场的高阶矩的非线性偏振方法。 该方法包括相对于光信号的第二偏振对所接收的光信号的第一偏振施加相位延迟，以产生具有时变极化的中间光信号。 中间光信号的极化被抑制。 用多个光电检测器检测中间光信号，其中至少一个光电检测器被配置为响应于非线性光学处理。 计算光电检测器输出的光谱以确定E场的高阶矩，并且将矩转换以获得偏振测量。

公开(公告)号：US08988369B1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-24

申请号：US13248911

申请日：2011-09-29

申请人： Richard Fulcher ,  Gabriel Cohen ,  Paul Westbrook ,  Andrew Flynn

发明人： Richard Fulcher ,  Gabriel Cohen ,  Paul Westbrook ,  Andrew Flynn

IPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06F17/3028 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/04886

摘要： A method, computer program product, and system are provided for defining a touch gesture on a touch sensing device. The method can include receiving a touch gesture at the touch sensing device, determining that the touch gesture is not associated with any operations, and providing an indication of one or more operations the touch sensing device can perform in response to the touch gesture. The method can also include receiving a selection of an operation, and associating the touch gesture with the selected operation.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在触摸感测装置上定义触摸手势的方法，计算机程序产品和系统。 该方法可以包括在触摸感测装置处接收触摸手势，确定触摸手势不与任何操作相关联，并且提供触摸感测装置可以响应于触摸手势执行的一个或多个操作的指示。 该方法还可以包括接收操作的选择，以及将触摸手势与所选择的操作相关联。

公开(公告)号：US08610682B1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-17

申请号：US13029813

申请日：2011-02-17

申请人： Richard Fulcher ,  Gabriel Cohen ,  Paul Westbrook ,  Andrew Flynn

发明人： Richard Fulcher ,  Gabriel Cohen ,  Paul Westbrook ,  Andrew Flynn

IPC分类号： G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06F17/3028 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/04886

摘要： A method, computer program product, and system are provided for defining a touch gesture on a touch sensing device. The method can include receiving a touch gesture at the touch sensing device, determining that the touch gesture is not associated with any operations, and providing an indication of one or more operations the touch sensing device can perform in response to the touch gesture. The method can also include receiving a selection of an operation, and associating the touch gesture with the selected operation.