Abstract:
There is provided a wearable display comprising at least one Switchable Bragg Grating (SBG) device recorded in at least one Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (HPDLC) layer. Each HPDLC layer is sandwiched between first and second transparent plates to which transparent electrodes have been applied. Each SBG device is characterized in that it provides a grating in a separate switchable region and is clear elsewhere. Each SBG device has a diffracting state and a non diffracting state. The transparent plates and HPDLC layers form a laminar structure which functions as a light guide. In one embodiment of the invention the display magnifies and forms a virtual image of information provided by an external image generator. In one embodiment of the invention the display and forms a virtual image of an image of information encoded in the SBG device.
Abstract:
A fiber laser device capable of restraining variations of the rise time of output laser light while shortening the rise time of the output laser light is provided. A fiber laser device (100) includes a seed laser light source (10), a pumping light source (20), an amplification optical fiber (30), a control unit (60), and an output instructing unit (65). When an output instruction is input to the control unit (60), the control unit (60) controls the seed laser light source (10) and the pumping light source (20) to be either in a pre-pumped state or in an output state. In the pre-pumped state, the pumping light source (20) outputs, for a predetermined period, pumping light with an intensity determined based on the duration of the period of time from when the output state prior to the input of the output instruction to the control unit (60) comes to an end till when the output instruction is input to the control unit (60). In the output state, to cause the output unit (50) to output laser light, the seed laser light source (10) outputs laser light, and the pumping light source (20) outputs pumping light.
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for providing an optically based planar scanner for generating an image are provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a switchable Bragg grating. An area of the switchable Bragg grating is configured to be activated to direct light to a platen. The platen is configured to reflect the light to a waveguide or to refract the light. The light reflected to the waveguide is guided to a light detector. By activating a number of the areas of the switchable Bragg grating and measuring the intensity of the light with a light detector, an image of an object contacting the platen may be formed.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polarization control element which may be easily produced and miniaturized and has high reliability. SOLUTION: A core region 11 is a region of a circular shape in cross section disposed at the center of an optical fiber 10 and has a refractive index n 1 . A clad region 12 is a region disposed around this core region 11 and has a refractive index n 2 smaller than the refractive index n 1 of the core region 11 . A pair of conductive parts 13 a and 13 b are respectively symmetrical with each other with respect to the optical axis center and are disposed within the clad region 12 over a specified range in a longitudinal direction. When current is passed to a pair of the conductive parts 13 a and 13 b, respectively, a stress is generated therein and a strain is generated in the core region 11 and the clad region 12 . The propagation light propagated in the optical fiber 10 is controlled in the polarization state according to this strain.
Abstract:
A microwave photonic filter (300A,300B) and a method of filtering a high frequency electrical signal using photonic components is disclosed. The filter has a serially fiber-coupled laser source (310), a modulator (302), an optical filter (304A,304B), and a photodetector (306). The electrical signal is applied to the modulator. The modulated light propagates through the optical filter which is constructed to pass not only a modulated sideband (323'), but also at least a fraction of light at the carrier frequency (313) of the laser. The photodetector detects a signal at the beat frequency between the carrier and sideband signals, after both signals have propagated through the optical filter. As a result, a separate optical branch for light at the carrier frequency is not required, which considerably simplifies the filter construction and makes it more stable and reliable.
Abstract:
An optical device includes an optical element (300), a detector (303) and a controller (304). The optical element (300) has an optical waveguide (301). The refractive index of the optical waveguide (301) is controlled by a heater (302). The temperature of the optical element (300) is controlled by a temperature control device. The detector (303) detects the current flowing in the heater (302) and/or the voltage applied to the heater (302). The controller (304) then controls the electrical power provided to the heater (302) so as to keep it constant, according to the detection result of the detector (303). This obviates the need for a temperature detector.
Abstract:
Area of application: Optics. Optical element comprising a Bragg phase grating (3), which is formed from electro-optical material or is inserted in an additional layer. The Bragg phase grating (3) is constructed as a series of periodically provided elevations (6) and depressions (7) of the surface of the waveguide (2), coated with a layer of the compensating (8) and a layer of the electrically insulating (9) material, along the propagation of the light. The phase grating (3) is equipped with a means for forming a spatially inhomogeneous, aperiodic, external electric field.
Abstract:
A display element that holds a layer of liquid crystal between substrates, includes a plurality of diffraction gratings (703, 704) having different diffraction modes, arranged in regions of the substrates that are different from one another.