A Compact Interferometer
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180106671A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-19

    申请号:US15569879

    申请日:2016-04-28

    发明人: Tom Claes

    IPC分类号: G01J3/02 G01J3/44 G01B9/02

    摘要: An example embodiment may include an interferometer. The interferometer may include a multimode waveguide with an input waveguide optically coupled to a first side of the multimode waveguide, for feeding a light signal to the multimode waveguide. The interferometer may also include a first waveguide at one end optically coupled to a second side of the multimode waveguide, and at the other end terminated by a first waveguide mirror. The interferometer may also include a second waveguide at one end optically coupled to the second side of the multimode waveguide and at the other end terminated by a second waveguide mirror. The multimode waveguide may be adapted to distribute the light signal towards the first and second waveguide mirror via the first waveguide and via the second waveguide.

    Broadband or mid-infrared fiber light sources
    2.
    发明授权
    Broadband or mid-infrared fiber light sources 有权
    宽带或中红外光纤光源

    公开(公告)号:US08391660B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-05

    申请号:US13241900

    申请日:2011-09-23

    申请人: Mohammed N. Islam

    发明人: Mohammed N. Islam

    IPC分类号: G02B6/00

    摘要: A broadband light source includes one or more laser diodes that are capable of generating a pump signal having a wavelength shorter than 2.5 microns, a pulse width of at least 100 picoseconds and a pump optical spectral width. The light source also includes one or more optical amplifiers that are coupled to the pump signal and are capable of amplifying the pump signal to a peak power of at least 500 W. The light source further includes a first fiber that is coupled to the one or more optical amplifiers. The first fiber including an anomalous group-velocity dispersion regime and a modulational instability mechanism that operates to modulate the pump signal. The light source also includes a nonlinear element that is coupled to the first fiber that is capable of broadening the pump optical spectral width to at least 100 nm through a nonlinear effect in the nonlinear element.

    摘要翻译: 宽带光源包括能够产生波长短于2.5微米的泵浦信号,至少100皮秒的脉冲宽度和泵浦光谱宽度的一个或多个激光二极管。 光源还包括耦合到泵浦信号并且能够将泵浦信号放大到至少500W的峰值功率的一个或多个光放大器。光源还包括第一光纤,其耦合到一个或 更多的光放大器。 第一光纤包括异常组 - 速度色散方案和用于调制泵浦信号的调制不稳定机制。 光源还包括耦合到第一光纤的非线性元件,其能够通过非线性元件中的非线性效应将泵浦光谱宽度扩展至至少100nm。

    Fault-tolerant fiber-optical beam control modules
    5.
    再颁专利
    Fault-tolerant fiber-optical beam control modules 有权
    容错光纤光束控制模块

    公开(公告)号:USRE42124E1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-08

    申请号:US10422341

    申请日:2003-04-24

    申请人: Nabeel Agha Riza

    发明人: Nabeel Agha Riza

    IPC分类号: G02B6/26

    摘要: Fiber-optic beam routing and amplitude control modules based on a unique fault-tolerant scheme using a macro-pixel to control an optical beam are proposed. The unique macro-pixel method involving multiple device pixels per beam inherently provides a robust digital technique for module control while adding to the optical beam alignment tolerance and resistance to catastropic failure for the overall module. The macropixel approach solves the speed versus alignment and failure sensitivity dilemma present in single pixel element based optical micromechanical systems (MEMS). Specifically proposed are fault tolerant fiber-optic attenuators and switches using several microactuated micromirrors per optical beam. Transmissive and reflective module geometries are proposed using small tilt and small distance piston-action micromirrors, leading to fast module reconfiguration speed fiber optic signal controls. The macro-pixel design approach is extended to other pixel technologies such as polarization rotating pixels. The proposed fiber-optic attenuator and switch designs can be extended to realize a complex network of multiple attenuators and switches that can be applied to N-wavelength multiplexed fiber-optic networks.

    摘要翻译: 提出了基于使用宏块来控制光束的唯一容错方案的光纤波束路由和幅度控制模块。 涉及每个光束的多个器件像素的独特的宏方法固有地为模块控制提供了强大的数字技术,同时增加了光束对准公差和抵抗整个模块的灾难性故障。 基于单像素元件的光学微机械系统(MEMS)存在的宏观方法解决了速度对准和故障灵敏度困境。 具体提出的是每个光束使用几个微致动微镜的容错光纤衰减器和开关。 提出使用小型倾斜和小距离活塞式微反射镜的透射和反射模块几何形状,从而实现快速的模块重新配置速度的光纤信号控制。 大尺度设计方法扩展到诸如偏振旋转像素之类的其他像素技术。 提出的光纤衰减器和开关设计可以扩展,实现可应用于N波长复用光纤网络的多个衰减器和开关的复杂网络。

    INTERFEROMETER, DEMODULATOR, AND SPLITTING ELEMENT
    8.
    发明申请
    INTERFEROMETER, DEMODULATOR, AND SPLITTING ELEMENT 失效
    干扰仪,分解器和分离元件

    公开(公告)号:US20090027683A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-01-29

    申请号:US12054661

    申请日:2008-03-25

    IPC分类号: G01B9/02

    摘要: An interferometer of the invention includes: a first splitting element which includes a first transparent medium and a first splitting film formed on the first transparent medium, and which splits incident light into a first split beam and a second split beam, the first split beam being the incident light reflected by the first splitting element and the second split beam being the incident light transmitted through the first splitting element; and a second splitting element which includes a second transparent medium and a second splitting film formed on the second transparent medium, and which causes interference between the first split beam and the second split beam passed through different optical paths, the second splitting element being positioned such that a positional relationship between the second transparent medium and the second splitting film with respect to a direction of incidence on the second splitting element of the first split beam is opposite to a positional relationship between the first transparent medium and the first splitting film with respect to a direction of incidence of the incident light on the first splitting element.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的干涉仪包括:第一分离元件,其包括形成在第一透明介质上的第一透明介质和第一分离膜,并将入射光分裂成第一分束和第二分束,第一分束是 由第一分离元件和第二分割光束反射的入射光是透射通过第一分离元件的入射光; 以及第二分离元件,其包括形成在所述第二透明介质上的第二透明介质和第二分离膜,并且其使所述第一分束和所述第二分束之间的干涉通过不同的光路,所述第二分离元件被定位成 相对于第一分割光束的第二分割元件的入射方向,第二透明介质和第二分割膜之间的位置关系与第一透明介质和第一分离膜相对于第一分离膜的位置关系相反 入射光在第一分离元件上的入射方向。

    Monolithic waveguide/MEMS switch
    9.
    发明授权
    Monolithic waveguide/MEMS switch 有权
    单片波导/ MEMS开关

    公开(公告)号:US07149378B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-12

    申请号:US10746566

    申请日:2003-12-24

    IPC分类号: G02B6/35 G02B6/12 G02F1/01

    摘要: A monolithic waveguide/MEMS switch is disclosed that has a waveguide portion and a MEMS mirror portion fabricated on a single substrate, such as a as a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The monolithic waveguide/MEMS switch adjusts the phase of an optical signal by varying the position of one or more moveable mirrors. The mirror portion includes a mirror having a reflective surface that is attached to at least one MEMS actuator to achieve in-plane motion of the mirror (moves parallel to a plane of said at least one waveguide). In one implementation, the MEMS actuator is embodied as a known comb drive actuator. The phase adjustment techniques of the present invention may be employed in various optical devices, including wavelength selective optical switches that support multiple optical channels.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种单片波导/ MEMS开关,其具有制造在单个衬底(例如绝缘体上硅晶片)上的波导部分和MEMS镜部分。 单片波导/ MEMS开关通过改变一个或多个可移动反射镜的位置来调节光信号的相位。 反射镜部分包括具有反射表面的反射镜,该反射表面附接到至少一个MEMS致动器以实现反射镜的平面内运动(平行于所述至少一个波导的平面移动)。 在一个实现中,MEMS致动器被实现为已知的梳状驱动致动器。 本发明的相位调整技术可以用在各种光学装置中,包括支持多个光通道的波长选择光开关。

    Wavelength periodical filter
    10.
    发明授权
    Wavelength periodical filter 失效
    波长周期滤波器

    公开(公告)号:US07019901B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-03-28

    申请号:US10120504

    申请日:2002-04-12

    申请人: Yuichi Kawahata

    发明人: Yuichi Kawahata

    IPC分类号: G02B27/28 G02B5/30

    CPC分类号: G02B6/29349 G02B6/29397

    摘要: Input light is split by a PBS into orthogonal polarized waves. One of the polarized waves is reflected by a mirror HR, and input to a 7λ/8 plate. The other is phase-controlled by a phase controller, and input to the 7λ/8 plate. The respective light beams to which a phase bias is applied by the 7λ/8 plate are input from a 2R mirror having reflectances that differ depending on a polarized wave to a GT resonator. The light beams output from the GT resonator again pass through the 7λ/8 plate, inversely travel the original optical path, and enter the PBS. Then, the light beams are output from an output 1 or 2 depending on a polarized wave.

    摘要翻译: 输入光被PBS分解为正交偏振波。 一个偏振波被反射镜HR反射,并输入到7l / 8板。 另一个由相位控制器进行相位控制,并输入到7l / 8板。 通过7λ/ 8板施加相位偏置的各个光束从具有根据偏振波而不同的反射率的2R镜像输入到GT谐振器。 从GT谐振器输出的光束再次通过7l / 8板,反向行进原始光路,并进入PBS。 然后,根据偏振波从输出1或2输出光束。