Arrangement and method for electrically controlling the intensity of unpolarized light
    1.
    发明授权
    Arrangement and method for electrically controlling the intensity of unpolarized light 有权
    用于电控制非偏振光强度的布置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06331910B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-18

    申请号:US09463108

    申请日:2000-01-19

    IPC分类号: G02F103

    摘要: In an arrangement and a method for electrically controlling the intensity of non-polarized light, a polarizing beam splitter is acted upon by the light to be controlled via an input face such that the light is split into two polarized light bundles that are orthogonal with respect to each other. Provision is made that a first reflecting device is configured for the reflection of at least one of the polarized light bundles, so that both polarized light bundles run in parallel. At least one electro-optical element is provided in a path of the parallel running polarized light bundles. The polarization is changed as a function of the supplied control voltage. Also provided is a second reflecting device for reflecting the light bundles in the opposite direction. The light bundles pass through the at least one electro-optical element twice and are directed by the first reflecting device to the polarizing beam splitter, and the controlled light can be extracted from at least one output face of the polarizing beam splitter.

    摘要翻译: 在一种用于电控非偏振光强度的装置和方法中,偏振分束器由被输入面控制的光作用,使得光被分成两个相互正交的偏振光束 对彼此。 设置第一反射装置被配置为用于反射至少一个偏振光束,使得两个偏振光束平行地延伸。 至少一个电光元件设置在并行运行的偏振光束的路径中。 极化作为所提供的控制电压的函数而改变。 还提供了用于沿相反方向反射光束的第二反射装置。 光束通过至少一个电光元件两次,并被第一反射装置引导到偏振分束器,并且受控光可以从偏振分束器的至少一个输出面提取。

    Method and device for attenuating light as a function of intensity
    2.
    发明申请
    Method and device for attenuating light as a function of intensity 失效
    用于衰减光强度的函数的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070103758A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-10

    申请号:US11438798

    申请日:2006-05-22

    IPC分类号: G02B26/00

    CPC分类号: G02B26/00 G02B27/281

    摘要: An intensity-dependent light modulating device or method for providing same, involves light successively passing through a polarizer, a first phase retardation plate and a first light modulator. The light then strikes a mirror and from there on, it passes once again through the light modulator and the phase retardation plate in the opposite direction and then strikes an analyzer that is crossed relative to the polarizer. The light modulator and the phase retardation plate are respectively located in an electric field in which the indicatrices of the light modulator and the phase retardation plate are deflected, wherein the deflection of the indicatrix of the light modulator is intensity-dependent. Due to the passage of light through the phase retardation plate and the light modulator, an intensity-dependent rotation of the direction of polarization occurs in such a way that higher intensity light is filtered in the analyzer while lower intensity light is transmitted. For example, a telescope is directed at an intensive light source in front of a dark background. The telescope only filters the intensive light source while the background can be simultaneously observed during almost the entire transmission.

    摘要翻译: 用于提供它的强度依赖性光调制装置或方法涉及连续通过偏振器,第一相位差板和第一光调制器的光。 光然后撞到镜子,从那里再次通过光调制器和相位延迟板在相反方向上,然后撞击相对于偏振器交叉的分析器。 光调制器和相位延迟板分别位于光调制器和相位延迟板的指示偏转的电场中,其中光调制器的指示符的偏转是强度依赖性的。 由于通过相位延迟板和光调制器的光通过,偏振方向的强度相关旋转以这样的方式发生,使得较高强度的光在分析仪中被滤波,同时传输较低强度的光。 例如,望远镜指向深色背景前的强光源。 望远镜只能过滤强光源,而在几乎整个传输过程中可以同时观察背景。

    Method and device for attenuating light as a function of intensity
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and device for attenuating light as a function of intensity 失效
    用于衰减光强度的函数的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07050213B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-23

    申请号:US10479325

    申请日:2002-05-08

    IPC分类号: G02F1/03 G02F1/07

    CPC分类号: G02B26/00 G02B27/281

    摘要: An intensity-dependent light modulating device involves a light successively passing through a polarizer, a first phase retardation plate and a first light modulator. The light then strikes a mirror and passes one again through the light modulator and the phase retardation plate in the opposite direction. The light then strikes an analyzer that is crossed relative to the polarizer. The light modulator and the phase retardation plate are respectively located in an electric field in which the indicatrices of the light modulator and the phase retardation plate are deflected, the deflection of the indicatrix of the light modulator being intensity-dependent. Due to the passage of light through the phase retardation plate and the light modulator, an intensity-dependent rotation of the direction of polarization occurs in such a way that higher intensity light is filtered in the analyzer while lower intensity light is transmitted.

    摘要翻译: 强度依赖性光调制装置包括依次通过偏振器,第一相位差板和第一光调制器的光。 然后光照射反射镜,并再次通过光调制器和相位延迟板在相反方向。 光然后撞击相对于偏振器交叉的分析器。 光调制器和相位延迟板分别位于光调制器和相位延迟板的指示偏转的电场中,光调制器的指示符的偏转是强度依赖性的。 由于通过相位延迟板和光调制器的光通过,偏振方向的强度相关旋转以这样的方式发生,使得较高强度的光在分析仪中被滤波,同时传输较低强度的光。

    Reducing the distortion of optical pulses caused by polarization mode dispersion in optical communication systems
    4.
    发明授权
    Reducing the distortion of optical pulses caused by polarization mode dispersion in optical communication systems 失效
    减少光通信系统偏振模色散引起的光脉冲失真

    公开(公告)号:US07769300B1

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-03

    申请号:US09890597

    申请日:2000-01-17

    IPC分类号: H04B10/00

    CPC分类号: H04B10/2572

    摘要: A method and device for reducing the distortion of optical pulses caused by the polarization mode dispersion in optical communication systems is provided. When an optical pulse having any polarization is transmitted through an optical communication system, which is optically anisotropic, at least in sections, the optical pulse may become distorted due to the different velocities of the various polarization components. This distortion of the optical pulses may reduces the maximum transmission rate of the system. A method is provided for functioning in response to the detected transmission quality of the communication system where a polarization-controlling device for setting the polarization of the optical pulse is driven in such a way that the transmission quality is maximized. An optical communication system, including an optical transmission medium, involves a device for determining the transmission quality of the communication system, a regulating device, and a polarization-controlling device. The output signal from the device for determining the transmission quality of the communication system may be applied to the regulating device, which drives the polarization-controlling device to change the polarization of the optical pulses in such a way that the transmission quality is optimized.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于减少由光通信系统中的偏振模色散引起的光脉冲失真的方法和装置。 当具有任何极化的光脉冲至少部分通过光学各向异性的光通信系统传输时,由于各种偏振分量的不同速度,光脉冲可能会变形。 光脉冲的这种失真可能会降低系统的最大传输速率。 提供了一种响应于检测到的通信系统的传输质量起作用的方法,其中用于设置光脉冲的极化的偏振控制装置以传输质量最大化的方式被驱动。 包括光传输介质的光通信系统涉及用于确定通信系统的传输质量的装置,调节装置和偏振控制装置。 来自用于确定通信系统的传输质量的设备的输出信号可以被施加到调节装置,该调节装置驱动偏振控制装置以改变传输质量被优化的方式改变光脉冲的偏振。

    Method and device to compensate for polarization mode dispersion in an optical transmission link
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and device to compensate for polarization mode dispersion in an optical transmission link 失效
    补偿光传输链路偏振模色散的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06282333B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-08-28

    申请号:US09285118

    申请日:1999-04-01

    IPC分类号: G02B6126

    CPC分类号: H04B10/2569

    摘要: A method and a device are described to compensate for polarization mode dispersion in an optical transmission link(9, 9′) having polarization-dependent transmission characteristics, in particular in optical fibers and cables with not only statistical, but preferred birefringence. A compensation element (1, 1′, 1″), whose length is adjusted non-destructively using an interference device (2, 2′, 2″), in particular a pressure mechanism, is connected upstream or downstream from the transmission link (9, 9′). The polarization states PL and PS of the compensation element are mixed by the interference and thus the length of the compensation fiber is defined at which a propagation time difference between the partial waves of polarization states PL and PS is increased or decreased so that it compensates for the propagation time difference &tgr; within the transmission link (9, 9′).

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种方法和装置,以补偿具有偏振相关传输特性的光传输链路(9,9')中的偏振模色散,特别是在光纤和电缆中,不仅具有统计的但优选的双折射。 使用干涉装置(2,2',2“)非特定地调整长度的补偿元件(1,1',1”),特别是压力机构,被连接到变速器的上游或下游 链接(9,9')。 补偿元件的偏振态PL和PS通过干涉进行混合,因此补偿光纤的长度被定义为偏振状态PL和PS的部分波之间的传播时间差增加或减小,从而它补偿 传播时间差 在传输链路(9,9')内。

    Method and device for attenuating light as a function of intensity
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and device for attenuating light as a function of intensity 失效
    用于衰减光强度的函数的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07426070B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-16

    申请号:US11438798

    申请日:2006-05-22

    IPC分类号: G02F1/03

    CPC分类号: G02B26/00 G02B27/281

    摘要: An intensity-dependent light modulating device and method involves light successively passing through a polarizer, a first phase retardation plate and a first light modulator. The light then strikes a mirror and then passes once again through the light modulator and the phase retardation plate in the opposite direction, and then strikes an analyzer that is crossed relative to the polarizer. The light modulator and the phase retardation plate are respectively located in an electric field in which the indicatrices of the light modulator and the phase retardation plate are deflected, wherein the deflection of the indicatrix of the light modulator is intensity-dependent. Due to the passage of light through the phase retardation plate and the light modulator, an intensity-dependent rotation of the direction of polarization occurs in such a way that higher intensity light is filtered in the analyzer while lower intensity light is transmitted.

    摘要翻译: 强度依赖性光调制装置和方法涉及光依次通过偏振器,第一相位延迟板和第一光调制器。 然后光照射反射镜,然后再次通过光调制器和相位延迟板在相反方向上,然后撞击相对于偏振器交叉的分析器。 光调制器和相位延迟板分别位于光调制器和相位延迟板的指示偏转的电场中,其中光调制器的指示符的偏转是强度依赖性的。 由于通过相位延迟板和光调制器的光通过,偏振方向的强度相关旋转以这样的方式发生,使得较高强度的光在分析仪中被滤波,同时传输较低强度的光。

    Liquid crystalline materials for optical phase modulation
    8.
    发明授权
    Liquid crystalline materials for optical phase modulation 失效
    用于光学相位调制的液晶材料

    公开(公告)号:US06649087B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-11-18

    申请号:US09914250

    申请日:2001-08-24

    IPC分类号: C09K1952

    摘要: A liquid crystalline material having a lamellar structure can be used for phase modulation. A liquid crystal having arcuated or angular dimer molecules so that the molecules each include two central units, and the longitudinal axes of the two central units exhibit at least approximately oppositely directed inclination angles with respect to the layer normal z. By configuring the two central units of the dimer molecule in accordance with the present invention, the molecular index ellipsoid, which is essentially composed of the components of the two readily polarizable central units, may be positioned such that the optical axis is always situated in parallel to the layer normal z, making it possible to prevent the light, which propagates in a defined direction orthogonally to the layer normal through the liquid crystalline material, from undergoing a polarization modulation simultaneously with the phase modulation.

    摘要翻译: 具有层状结构的液晶材料可用于相位调制。 具有弧形或角二聚体分子的液晶,使得分子各自包括两个中心单元,并且两个中心单元的纵向轴线相对于层法线z呈现至少大致相反的倾斜角度。 通过配置根据本发明的二聚体分子的两个中心单元,基本上由两个易于极化的中心单元的组分组成的分子索引椭圆体可以被定位成使得光轴总是位于平行的位置 到正常的层z,使得可以防止在与正交通过液晶材料的层垂直的限定方向上传播的光在相位调制的同时进行偏振调制。

    Method and device for spectral level balancing in wavelength division multiplex multi-channel systems
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and device for spectral level balancing in wavelength division multiplex multi-channel systems 失效
    波分复用多通道系统中光谱级平衡的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06563980B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-05-13

    申请号:US09529535

    申请日:2000-04-14

    IPC分类号: G02B626

    摘要: WDM multi-channel systems for large distances having a number of intensifiers may cause an increase in intensifications, which lead to considerable differences in intensity, even given modest wavelength dependence, making spectral leveling maybe necessary. The light from the fiber is first spectrally into channels, and, thus locally separated, projected onto the surface of an optic limiter based on an OASLM (optical addressed, spatial light modulator), in which the intensive channels are overproportionally attenuated. The tension dependence of liquid crystal cells, derived from exposure, is used to level the WDM channels. Lastly, the channels are again imaged onto a point and coupled into another fiber. The invention is used in WDM multi-channel systems for large distances a number of intensifiers.

    摘要翻译: 具有多个增强器的具有大距离的WDM多通道系统可能导致强度的增加,这导致强度的显着差异,即使给定适度的波长依赖性,也可能需要光谱调平。 基于OASLM(光学寻址的空间光调制器),来自光纤的光首先光谱地进入通道,并因此局部分离,投射到光学限制器的表面上,其中密集的通道被过度比例地衰减。 来自曝光的液晶单元的张力依赖性用于对WDM通道进行平坦化。 最后,通道再次成像到一个点上并耦合到另一个光纤中。 本发明用于WDM多通道系统中的大距离多个增压器。

    Electro-optical material having a lamellar liquid crystal structure
    10.
    发明授权
    Electro-optical material having a lamellar liquid crystal structure 失效
    具有层状液晶结构的电光材料

    公开(公告)号:US06181407B2

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-30

    申请号:US08880812

    申请日:1997-06-23

    IPC分类号: G02F113

    摘要: An electro-optic material that is characterized by short reaction times when working with a low drive voltage. For that, the electro-optic material has a lamellar liquid crystal (10), which contains one or more components and into which chiral molecules (20), whose longitudinal axes (m) are longer than the longitudinal axes of the molecules (10) forming the lamellar liquid crystal, are introduced at a predefined concentration, so that the longitudinal axes (m) of the chiral molecules (20) are tilted, without an external electric field, statistically by a predefined angle (&thgr;m) toward the normal (z) of the layer of the lamellar liquid crystal (10).

    摘要翻译: 一种电光材料,其特征在于在低驱动电压下工作时反应时间短。 为此,电光材料具有层状液晶(10),其包含一种或多种组分,并且其纵轴(m)长于分子(10)的纵向轴线的手性分子(20) 以预定的浓度引入层状液晶,使得手性分子(20)的纵向轴线(m)在没有外部电场的情况下以统计方式倾斜到朝向法线(z)的预定角度(t) )的层状液晶层(10)。