公开(公告)号：US07853105B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-14

申请号：US12424833

申请日：2009-04-16

Applicant: Russell A. Budd ,  Punit Chiniwalla ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Frank R. Libsch

Inventor： Russell A. Budd ,  Punit Chiniwalla ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Frank R. Libsch

IPC: G02B6/26 ,  G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/10

CPC classification number: G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/30 ,  G02B6/3885 ,  G02B6/4214 ,  G02B6/423 ,  G02B6/4292

Abstract: An optical assembly includes a waveguide assembly and an optical coupling element. The waveguide assembly includes a core, a cladding portion, and, preferably, at least two waveguide core fiducials, the at least two waveguide core fiducials and the core being lithographically formed substantially simultaneously in a substantially coplanar layer. The core and the at least two waveguide core fiducials are formed in a predetermined relationship with the cladding portion. The optical coupling element (for example, a lens array or mechanical transfer (MT) ferrule), includes an optical element and, preferably, at least two alignment features associated with the optical element, the at least two alignment features being mated with the at least two waveguide core fiducials to accurately position the optical element with respect to the core in an X-Y plane. A method of alignment is also provided.

Abstract translation: 光学组件包括波导组件和光耦合元件。 波导组件包括芯，包层部分，并且优选地至少两个波导芯基准，所述至少两个波导芯基准和芯基本上在基本共面的层中基本上同时地形成。 芯和至少两个波导芯基准与包层部分形成预定的关系。 光学耦合元件（例如，透镜阵列或机械转移（MT）套圈）包括光学元件，并且优选地包括与光学元件相关联的至少两个对准特征，所述至少两个对准特征与所述光学元件配合 至少两个波导芯基准准确地将光学元件相对于芯在XY平面中定位。 还提供了一种对准方法。

公开(公告)号：US07542643B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-02

申请号：US12141556

申请日：2008-06-18

Applicant: Russell A. Budd ,  Punit Chiniwalla ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Frank R. Libsch

Inventor： Russell A. Budd ,  Punit Chiniwalla ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Frank R. Libsch

IPC: G02B6/26 ,  G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/10

CPC classification number: G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/30 ,  G02B6/3885 ,  G02B6/4214 ,  G02B6/423 ,  G02B6/4292

Abstract: An optical assembly includes a waveguide assembly and an optical coupling element. The waveguide assembly includes a core, a cladding portion, and, preferably, at least two waveguide core fiducials, the at least two waveguide core fiducials and the core being lithographically formed substantially simultaneously in a substantially coplanar layer. The core and the at least two waveguide core fiducials are formed in a predetermined relationship with the cladding portion. The optical coupling element (for example, a lens array or mechanical transfer (MT) ferrule), includes an optical element and, preferably, at least two alignment features associated with the optical element, the at least two alignment features being mated with the at least two waveguide core fiducials to accurately position the optical element with respect to the core in an X-Y plane A method of alignment is also provided.

Abstract translation: 光学组件包括波导组件和光耦合元件。 波导组件包括芯，包层部分，并且优选地至少两个波导芯基准，所述至少两个波导芯基准和芯基本上在基本共面的层中基本上同时地形成。 芯和至少两个波导芯基准与包层部分形成预定的关系。 光学耦合元件（例如，透镜阵列或机械转移（MT）套圈）包括光学元件，并且优选地包括与光学元件相关联的至少两个对准特征，所述至少两个对准特征与所述光学元件配合 至少两个波导芯基准，以在XY平面中相对于芯精确地定位光学元件还提供了对准方法。

公开(公告)号：US07421160B1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-02

申请号：US11733406

申请日：2007-04-10

Applicant: Russell A. Budd ,  Punit Chiniwalla ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Frank R. Libsch

Inventor： Russell A. Budd ,  Punit Chiniwalla ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Frank R. Libsch

IPC: G02B6/32 ,  G02B6/26 ,  G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/10

CPC classification number: G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/30 ,  G02B6/3885 ,  G02B6/4214 ,  G02B6/423 ,  G02B6/4292

Abstract: An optical assembly includes a waveguide assembly and an optical coupling element. The waveguide assembly includes a core, a cladding portion, and, preferably, at least two waveguide core fiducials, the at least two waveguide core fiducials and the core being lithographically formed substantially simultaneously in a substantially coplanar layer. The core and the at least two waveguide core fiducials are formed in a predetermined relationship with the cladding portion. The optical coupling element (for example, a lens array or mechanical transfer (MT) ferrule), includes an optical element and, preferably, at least two alignment features associated with the optical element, the at least two alignment features being mated with the at least two waveguide core fiducials to accurately position the optical element with respect to the core in an X-Y plane. A method of alignment is also provided.

Abstract translation: 光学组件包括波导组件和光耦合元件。 波导组件包括芯，包层部分，并且优选地至少两个波导芯基准，所述至少两个波导芯基准和芯基本上在基本共面的层中基本上同时地形成。 芯和至少两个波导芯基准与包层部分形成预定的关系。 光学耦合元件（例如，透镜阵列或机械转移（MT）套圈）包括光学元件，并且优选地包括与光学元件相关联的至少两个对准特征，所述至少两个对准特征与所述光学元件配合 至少两个波导芯基准准确地将光学元件相对于芯在XY平面中定位。 还提供了一种对准方法。

公开(公告)号：US20080180340A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-31

申请号：US11669267

申请日：2007-01-31

Applicant: Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Frank R. Libsch

Inventor： Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Frank R. Libsch

IPC: H01Q13/00 ,  G01B9/02

CPC classification number: G02B6/107 ,  G02B6/12004

Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a substrate having a surface, a metallic coupling structure deposited on the surface of the substrate, the metallic coupling structure having a port and a waveguide interface portion with at least two waveguide interface portion sides, and a dielectric waveguide, the dielectric waveguide having a coupling interface portion deposited adjacent the at least two waveguide interface portion sides of the waveguide interface portion of the metallic coupling structure. It is possible to form high speed, CMOS-process-compatible, low power optical-electrical and electrical-optical conversion devices (i.e. optical detectors, modulators, and frequency mixer's) on the top of the semiconductor chip, after the rest of the wiling has been laid down.

Abstract translation: 光电器件包括具有表面的基片，沉积在基片表面上的金属耦合结构，具有端口的金属耦合结构和具有至少两个波导接口部分侧面的波导接口部分和介质波导，介电波导 波导，其具有与金属耦合结构的波导接口部分的至少两个波导界面部分侧相邻地沉积的耦合界面部分。 在半导体芯片的顶部可以形成高速，CMOS工艺兼容的低功率光电和电光转换器件（即光检测器，调制器和混频器） 已经下定决心

公开(公告)号：US5208648A

公开(公告)日：1993-05-04

申请号：US667773

申请日：1991-03-11

Applicant: John S. Batchelder ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Marc A. Taubenblatt ,  Douglas W. Cooper

Inventor： John S. Batchelder ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Marc A. Taubenblatt ,  Douglas W. Cooper

IPC: G01N21/88 ,  G01J3/42 ,  G01J3/44 ,  G01J9/02 ,  G01N21/35 ,  G01N21/95 ,  G01N21/956 ,  G01Q30/02 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B21/00 ,  G02B27/00 ,  H01L21/66

CPC classification number: G01N21/9505 ,  G02B21/0016 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G01J2003/421 ,  G01J2009/0207 ,  G01J3/44 ,  G01N2021/1725 ,  G01N2021/1782 ,  G01N2021/8822 ,  G01N21/3563 ,  G01N21/359 ,  G01N2201/0638 ,  G01N2201/1087

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for performing high resolution optical imaging in the near infrared of internal features of semiconductor wafers uses an optical device made from a material having a high index of refraction and held in very close proximity to the wafer. The optical device may either be a prism or a plano-convex lens. The plano-convex lens may be held in contact with the wafer or separated from the wafer via an air bearing or an optical coupling fluid to allow the sample to be navigated beneath the lens. The lens may be used in a number of optical instruments such as a bright field microscope, a Schlieren microscope, a dark field microscope, a Linnik interferometer, a Raman spectroscope and an absorption spectroscope.

公开(公告)号：US5204631A

公开(公告)日：1993-04-20

申请号：US703072

申请日：1991-05-20

Applicant: Philip C. D. Hobbs

Inventor： Philip C. D. Hobbs

IPC: G01R19/165 ,  G01T1/17 ,  G08B21/18

CPC classification number: G08B21/182

Abstract: A system and method for detecting information signals by automatically thresholding input signals in the presence of noise of accurately known statistics concerning a predetermined acceptable false alarm rate data. A first subcircuit including a comparator and a servo amplifier is used for setting and adjusting a threshold value signal based on the input signal and the statistics concerning a predetermined acceptable false alarm rate. A second comparator is used for comparing the threshold value signal to the input signal, and outputting a signal corresponding to the difference therebetween.

Abstract translation: 一种用于在存在关于预定的可接受的错误报警率数据的精确已知统计数据的噪声的情况下自动阈值输入信号来检测信息信号的系统和方法。 使用包括比较器和伺服放大器的第一分支电路，用于基于输入信号和关于预定的可接受的误报率的统计来设置和调整阈值信号。 第二比较器用于将阈值信号与输入信号进行比较，并输出对应于它们之间的差值的信号。

公开(公告)号：US5133602A

公开(公告)日：1992-07-28

申请号：US682752

申请日：1991-04-08

Applicant: John S. Batchelder ,  Donald M. DeCain ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Marc A. Taubenblatt

Inventor： John S. Batchelder ,  Donald M. DeCain ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Marc A. Taubenblatt

IPC: G01N15/14 ,  G01N15/02 ,  G01N21/21 ,  G01P11/00

CPC classification number: G01N15/0205 ,  G01N2015/0238 ,  G01N2021/1759 ,  G01N2021/4792

Abstract: A bright-field, particle position determining optical system is disclosed that uses both phase shift and extinction signals to determine particle trajectories. In a first embodiment, a pair of orthogonally polarized beams are positioned along an axis that intersects a particle's flow path at an acute angle. An optical system recombines the beams after they exit the flow path, the combined beams manifesting an elliptical polarization if a particle intersects one of the beams. Bright field detectors detect polarization components of the combined beam, provide a phase shift signal between the beam's orthogonal components and provide corresponding signals to a processor. The processor determines a signal asymmetry from the phase shift signal that is indicative of a particle's position in the flow path. Another embodiment of the invention examines a signal resulting from the beam's phase shift and determines a correction factor that is dependent upon the distance of the particle from the focal plane of the beams. Another embodiment employs a dithering system for cyclically moving one or more optical beams across a particle to further enable its trajectory or position to be determined.

Abstract translation: 公开了使用相移和消光信号来确定粒子轨迹的明场，粒子位置确定光学系统。 在第一实施例中，一对正交偏振光束沿着与颗粒的流动通道以锐角相交的轴线定位。 光束在离开流路之后将光束重新组合，如果粒子与光束之一相交，那么组合光束表现出椭圆极化。 光场检测器检测组合光束的偏振分量，在光束的正交分量之间提供相移信号，并向处理器提供相应的信号。 处理器确定来自指示颗粒在流动路径中的位置的相移信号的信号不对称性。 本发明的另一个实施例检查由光束的相移产生的信号，并确定取决于粒子与光束的焦平面的距离的校正因子。 另一个实施例采用抖动系统来循环移动一个或多个光束穿过颗粒，以进一步确定其轨迹或位置。

公开(公告)号：US07889992B1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-15

申请号：US12563183

申请日：2009-09-21

Applicant: David P. DiVincenzo ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Shwetank Kumar

Inventor： David P. DiVincenzo ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Shwetank Kumar

IPC: H04B10/16

CPC classification number: G06N99/002 ,  B82Y10/00

Abstract: A hybrid superconductor-optical quantum repeater is provided. The hybrid superconductor-optical quantum repeater comprises an optical subsystem configured to receive an optical signal via an optical channel and a superconductor subsystem coupled to the optical subsystem. The optical subsystem and superconductor subsystem are coupled to one another via a microwave transmission medium. The optical subsystem is configured to receive an optical signal via the optical channel and down-convert a photon of the optical signal to a microwave photon in a microwave output signal that is output to the superconductor subsystem via the microwave transmission medium. The superconductor subsystem stores a quantum state of the microwave photon and transmits the microwave photon along an output channel from the superconductor subsystem.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种混合超导体光量子中继器。 混合超导体光量子转发器包括被配置为经由光学信道接收光学信号的光学子系统和耦合到光学子系统的超导体子系统。 光学子系统和超导体子系统通过微波传输介质相互耦合。 光学子系统经配置以通过光通道接收光信号，并将微信号的光信号经微波传输介质输出到超导体子系统的微波输出信号中，将光信号下转换成微波光子。 超导体子系统存储微波光子的量子态，并从超导体子系统沿着输出通道传输微波光子。

公开(公告)号：US07412134B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-12

申请号：US11540268

申请日：2006-09-30

Applicant: Claudius Feger ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Maurice McGlashan-Powell

Inventor： Claudius Feger ,  Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Maurice McGlashan-Powell

IPC: G02B6/34

CPC classification number: G02B6/2821 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/02033 ,  G02B6/03622 ,  G02B6/283 ,  G02B6/29316 ,  G02B6/421 ,  G02B6/4249

Abstract: A single-mode optical waveguide with a core, surrounded by a cladding consisting of an inner soft layer and an outer harder layer is described. The outer layer has a grating structure on its inner surface, whose spatial frequency is the same as that of the guided mode. The thickness of the inner cladding is sufficient to keep the grating outside the mode field in undeformed regions of the waveguide, so that normally no out-coupling of the light results. Connections are made by crossing two such waveguides at an angle and pressing them together. This results in deformation of the two waveguides such that the gratings are brought into proximity with the cores. Light is coupled out of one waveguide and into the other in the deformed region, resulting in a self-aligning optical connection. The out-coupled light propagates normal to the waveguide axis, so errors in the crossing angle cause little change in efficiency. Because the cladding system is sufficiently resilient to recover after deformation, the connection is remakeable.

Abstract translation: 描述了具有由包含内软层和外硬层的覆层围绕的芯的单模光波导。 外层在其内表面具有光栅结构，其空间频率与导向模式相同。 内包层的厚度足以将光栅保持在波导的未变形区域中的模场外，使得通常不会导致光的外耦合。 通过将两个这样的波导以一定角度交叉并将它们压在一起而形成连接。 这导致两个波导的变形，使得光栅与芯接近。 光从一个波导耦合到变形区域中的另一个，导致自对准光学连接。 输出耦合光垂直于波导轴传播，因此交叉角的误差几乎不会导致效率的变化。 因为包层系统具有足够的弹性以在变形后恢复，所以连接是可重新制造的。

公开(公告)号：US5638176A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-10

申请号：US670046

申请日：1996-06-25

Applicant: Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Theodore G. van Kessel

Inventor： Philip C. D. Hobbs ,  Theodore G. van Kessel

IPC: A61B3/113 ,  G01B9/02 ,  G01B11/26 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/038

CPC classification number: G01B11/26 ,  A61B3/113 ,  G02B27/0093 ,  G06K9/00604

Abstract: An inexpensive eye tracking system requires no head gear. The eye tracking system uses the interference fringes between the corneal glint and the "red eye" retinal reflection to obtain an angularly resolved, background-immune eye point signal for use as a pointing device for personal computers. Tunable (eye safe) diode laser spectroscopy is used to measure the period and amplitude of the Fabry-Perot fringes caused by the interference between the corneal glint and the "red" reflection form the retina.

Abstract translation: 廉价的眼睛跟踪系统不需要头档。 眼睛跟踪系统使用角膜闪烁和“红眼”视网膜反射之间的干涉条纹，以获得用于个人计算机的定点装置的角度分辨的背景免疫眼点信号。 可调谐（眼睛安全）二极管激光光谱仪用于测量由角膜闪烁和视网膜“红色”反射之间的干涉引起的法布里 - 珀罗条纹的周期和幅度。