Abstract:
Video display screens for "video off" illumination comprise an imaging display panel, a cover glass sheet for the display panel, and a light source for injecting light into the cover glass sheet, wherein at least a portion of the cover glass sheet is provided with at least one light-scattering bulk or surface element effective to scatter a portion of the light at an angle normal to plane of the cover glass sheet, for front surface illumination, or to scatter a portion of the light into the plane of the sheet, for sheet border or edge illumination.
Abstract:
An optical fiber (10), comprising: (i) a rare earth doped silica based elongated core (12) with a first refractive index (n1 with an aspect ratio of 1.5 to 10; (ii) a silica based moat (13) abutting and at least substantially surrounding the core, the moat having a refractive index n2, wherein n21; (iii) a silica based inner cladding (14) surrounding the moat, the inner cladding having a third refractive index (n3), wherein n1>n3; and n3>n2; (iv) a silica based outer cladding (16) surrounding said inner cladding, the outer cladding having a fourth refractive index (n4), such that n43; the optical fiber exhibits single polarization at the operating wavelength band.
Abstract:
A laser system comprising: a light source generating light, said light source comprising at least two laser sources of different wavelengths; and a frequency converter operatively coupled to said light source to accept the light provided by said light source and to convert it to higher optical frequency such that said frequency converter is producing light output at the final output wavelength situated in the 150-775 nm range.
Abstract:
A fiber lens (100) includes a multimode fiber (104) and a refractive lens (102) disposed at an end of the multimode fiber. The refractive lens (102) focuses a beam from the multimode fiber (104) into a diffraction-limited spot. In one embodiment, a graded-index (fiber) is interposed between the multimode fiber (104) and the refractive lens (102). In one embodiment, the combination of the graded-index (fiber) and the refractive lens enables extreme anamorphic lens characteristics.
Abstract:
A method of operating a laser source comprising a single mode master laser (10) and a multimode VCSEL slave laser (20) is provided. According to the method, the spatial and spectral coupling of the single mode optical output of the master laser and a targed mode of the multimode optical resonator of the VCSEL slave laser are controlled to progress from a relatively mode-matched spatial and spectral coupling to a relatively mismatched spatial and spectral coupling to facilitate optically injected mode locking in the laser source. Further, a laser source is provided comprising a single mode master laser and a multimode VCSEL slave laser. The single mode master laser comprises a wavelength tuning element (60) and a spatial tuning element (15) that facilitate optically injected mode locking in the laser source spectrally mismatched optical seeding results in an enhanced modulation bandwidth of the VCSEL slave laser.
Abstract:
A laser system comprising: a light source generating light, said light source comprising at least two laser sources of different wavelengths; and a frequency converter operatively coupled to said light source to accept the light provided by said light source and to convert it to higher optical frequency such that said frequency converter is producing light output at the final output wavelength situated in the 150-775 nm range.
Abstract:
An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, rare earth doped core (12) having a first index of refraction n 1 ; (ii) a silica based inner cladding (14) surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n 2 , such that n 1 >n 2 , the inner cladding having a plurality of air holes (24, 26) extending longitudinally through the length of the optical fiber; (iii) a silica based outer cladding (16) surrounding the inner cladding and having a third index of refraction n 3 , such that n 2 >n 3 ; wherein the optical fiber supports a single polarization mode within the operating wavelength range.
Abstract:
An optical waveguide fiber having a high threshold for stimulated Brillouin scattering. According to some embodiments of the invention, the optical fiber comprises: (a) a rare earth doped core having a refractive index profile and a centerline, the core including at least two adjacent core regions including different amounts of updopants, such that the longitudinal acoustic field velocities within the two core regions differ by at least 0.2%; and (b) a cladding layer surrounding and directly adjacent the core. The said fiber has MFD of greater than 12 µm and delta % difference between the peak core delta and the cladding of less than 0.3%.
Abstract:
An optically active fiber (30) is disclosed for making a fiber laser (18) or an amplifier (16) for optically pumping by a broad area laser diode for operation in the 1.5 micron band. This double-clad structured active fiber (30) has a core (34), doped with an optically excitable erbium ion having a quasi-three-level transition. The core (34) has a core refractive index and a core cross-sectional area. An inner cladding (32) surrounds the core (34). The inner cladding (32) has an inner cladding refractive index less than the core refractive index, an inner cladding cross-sectional area between 2 and 25 times greater than that of the core cross-sectional area, and an aspect ratio greater than 1.5:1. An outer cladding (36) surrounds the inner cladding (32) and has an outer cladding refractive index less than the inner cladding refractive index.
Abstract:
An optical waveguide fiber having a high threshold for stimulated Brillouin scattering. According to some embodiments of the invention, the optical fiber comprises: (a) a rare earth doped core having a refractive index profile and a centerline, the core including at least two adjacent core regions including different amounts of updopants, such that the longitudinal acoustic field velocities within the two core regions differ by at least 0.2%; and (b) a cladding layer surrounding and directly adjacent the core. The said fiber has MFD of greater than 12 µm and delta % difference between the peak core delta and the cladding of less than 0.3%.