149 results about "Fiber optic coupler" patented technology

Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and applications involving the actuation of a semi-insulative working fluid by electromechanical forces based on electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) and liquid dielectrophoresis (liquid DEP) mechanisms that are controlled by the frequency, but not the magnitude, of an AC voltage (i.e., ‘frequency-addressable). In the various apparatus embodiments of the invention, a single, frequency-addressable electrode pair includes at least one electrode that has a spatially-varying dielectric coating thickness and thus a spatially-varying electrode gap wherein at least a portion of which a volume of a working fluid can stably reside under no influence of an applied voltage. In an exemplary aspect, a frequency-addressable, bistable apparatus includes at least one wider gap and one narrower gap associated, respectively, with a thicker and a thinner dielectric coating thickness of the electrode(s). The working fluid resides in only one of the at least two gap regions only under the influence of capillary force. A brief burst of AC voltage at a selected high frequency or low frequency will move the liquid from one gap region to another (and back) by one of an EWOD-based and a DEP-based force. In an alternative aspect, an analog apparatus has a continuous, spatially-varying electrode gap in which the dielectric coating thickness on the electrodes varies smoothly in an inverse manner. Various applications to a display device, fiber optic coupler and attenuator, controlled liquid volume dispensers, spotting arrays, well plate apparatus, and others are presented, along with control methods.

The invention discloses a multi-wavelength high-sensitivity online monitor of multi-component NH3 and H2O based on semiconductor laser absorption spectroscopy. It contains host chassis and open long-path system. Equip power receptacle, switch, fiber connector and data transmission interface. It is characterized in that: there are near-infrared semiconductor laser, semiconductor laser controller, phase-locked amplifier, signal generator, data collecting and controlling module and infrared detector in host chassis which is connected with field optical system by fiber. Open optical system contains send-receive optical telescope and multielement reflector array. Optical telescope has input and output fiber couplers. The device realizes simultaneous testing of gas multi-component by using multi-wavelength and frequency division multi-signal detecting technique.

The invention discloses a single-core and multi-core fiber coupler and fiber access into rafah cone coupling method. It peels the ending coating layer of a single-core optical fibers and a multi-core fiber, direct financial with the fiber welding machine in stripping department, received and in the implementation of solder joint heating department fused biconical taper, monitoring optical power, when cone waist rafah small cone of light power distribution to the target, spectrophotometer stopping widening cone. The method is the technical characteristics of single-core fiber and multi-core fiber fusion welding, the solder joint implemented fused biconical taper, thus forming a cone of light energy distribution, optical power of distribution. The method can be single-core optical fiber distribution of power coupled multi-core optical fiber to each core, or multi-core fiber coupling of light waves to single-core fiber, to achieve optical spectrophotometer and cooperation functions.

The invention discloses a method for preparing a multi-core optical fiber coupler based on tapering self-assembly. The method comprises following steps: single mode fiber pretreatment, single mode fiber bundle end preparation, glass bushing tapering, and glass bushing cutting and welding; inserting single mode fiber into the glass bushings entirely, wherein the front ends of the single mode fiber are corroded but the rear ends are still coated with coating; then placing the glass bushing vertically and tapering the glass bushing by use of oxyhydrogen flame, wherein the tapering position is the part which is corroded of the single mode fiber; then cutting and polishing the tapered zones; finally, welding the glass bushing with multi-core optical fiber to complete the preparation of the multi-core optical fiber coupler. The provided method for preparing the multi-core optical fiber coupler based on tapering self-assembly has good scalability and high yield rate, concise process and simple operation.

The method uses capillary holes in a glass preform for precise positioning of the optical fibers in the manufacture of a coupler. The glass preform is preferably cylindrical and longitudinal capillary holes are made in it in a desired pattern. Optical fibers are inserted in the holes and the glass preform is heated and stretched in its middle section so that the fibers, from which coating has been removed, contact and are fused with the glass preform in this tapered section. Then the tapered section is cleaved to form a coupling end which is spliced with another fiber to form the coupler.

A coupler for coupling first and second fiber optic cables terminating in first and second connectors having first and second ferrules, respectively. The coupler includes a holder element and a mating element. The holder element defines a channel for receiving the first ferrule and a socket aligned with the channel for receiving an optical component The holder element further defines a first cable connector adapted for connection to the first connector and a first element connector opposite said first cable connector. The mating element defines a channel for receiving the second ferrule, a second cable connector adapted for connection to the second connector and a second element connector opposite the second cable connector. Accordingly, the holder element and mating element are connectable to house an optical component aligned with the channels and positionable substantially contiguous with the first and second ferrules when attached thereto.

A system for exciting flexural waves on an optical fiber (102) is provided. The system includes a substrate (114, 118), an actuator (106), and a mechanical optical fiber coupling (104). The actuator is formed of an electromechanical transducer material. The actuator is mounted on the substrate. The mechanical optical fiber coupling (for example, an adhesive media) forms a secure mechanical connection between the actuator and the optical fiber. The mechanical optical fiber coupling is configured for communicating mechanical vibrations from the actuator to the optical fiber. However, it should be understood that the mechanical optical fiber coupling is exclusive of a tapered horn.

The invention relates to a device for measuring the arm length difference of a fiber optic interferometer, and mainly solves a problem that a measurement system employing an optical interference method is not high in stability and is low in measurement precision. The device provided by the invention comprises a narrow linewidth laser, a polarization-maintaining fiber coupler, a phase modulator, apolarization state controller, an acousto-optic frequency shifter, a fiber coupler, a to-be-tested fiber optic interferometer, a photoelectric detector, a frequency spectrograph, a signal processing and display module and a microwave signal generator. The device carries out the interference in microwave domain through a double optical frequency comb, and measures an interference signal by using the frequency spectrograph. The device can obtain the arm length difference of the to-be-tested fiber optic interferometer by the bandwidth of the interference signal in one cycle, and can achieve the measurement of the precision changes through changing the frequency interval of the optical frequency comb, thereby improving the measurement accuracy and the stability of the system, and ironing out the defect that a method employing optical interference cannot achieve the measurement of the arm length difference. The device is simple in workflow is simple and is high in generalizability.

Disclosed are fiber optic devices. The fiber optic devices disclosed include integrated fiber optic coupler-isolator combinations. These combinations are especially applicable to fiber optic tapping and pumping arrangements. By integrating such devices into a housed subassembly, enhanced size and design characteristics are achieved.

The invention discloses a fiber optic gyroscope capable of eliminating influence of wavelength change to a scale factor. A light source is divided from the middle into two light beams by passing a first fiber optic coupler and a phase modulator, and the two light beams return back to a first photoelectric detector after being transmitted in a fiber optic ring clockwise and counterclockwise; the light source reaches a first fiber optic grating after passing the first fiber optic coupler, a second fiber optic coupler, a third fiber optic coupler and a fourth fiber optic coupler, reaches a second fiber optic grating after passing the first fiber optic coupler, the second fiber optic coupler, the third fiber optic coupler and a fifth fiber optic coupler and reaches a third fiber optic grating after passing the first fiber optic coupler, the second fiber optic coupler and a sixth fiber optic coupler; three reflected lights with different wavelengths reaches a second photoelectric detector, a third photoelectric detector and a fourth photoelectric detector respectively by passing the fourth fiber optic coupler, the fifth fiber optic coupler and the sixth fiber optic coupler, so that an optical signal is converted into an electric signal; the real-time central wavelength of the light source is calculated and the scale factor of the fiber optic gyroscope is corrected in a central processing unit by a preamplifier and an A/D converter; and simultaneously, the central processing unit controls the phase modulator by a D/A converter and generates a modulation waveform and phase feedback so as to output a gyroscope signal. According to the invention, the requirement of the fiber optic gyroscope to an environment is lowered, and the application range of the fiber optic gyroscope is expanded.

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to compact systems for generating polarization-entangled photons. In one embodiment of the present invention, a non-degenerate, polarization-entangled photon source comprises a half-wave plate that outputs both a first pump beam and a second pump beam, and a first beam displacer that directs the first pump beam into a first transmission channel and the second pump beam into a second transmission channel. A down-conversion device converts the first pump beam into first signal and idler photons and converts the second pump beam into second signal and idler photons. A second beam displacer directs both the first signal and idler photons and the second signal and idler photons into a single transmission channel. A dichroic mirror directs the first and second signal photons to a first fiber optic coupler and the first and second idler photons to a second fiber optic coupler.

The invention discloses a Bragg grating (FBG) high-speed demodulating system based on cascade-connection long period fiber grating (LPFG), belonging to the optical-fiber intelligent structural healthmonitoring field. The system comprises a broadband light source (1) which is connected with the output end of a Y-shaped fiber optic coupler (3) by monomode optical fiber (2), the input end of the Y-shaped fiber optic coupler (3) is connected with a Bragg grating (4), the other output end thereof is connected with a cascade-connection long period fiber grating (6), the other end of the cascade-connection long period fiber grating is connected with a high-speed photoelectric detector (7), the output end of the high-speed photoelectric detector is connected with a conditioning circuit (8) whichis connected to a computer (10) which his connected with a data acquisition card (9). A demodulating method effectively combines the characteristics of the cascade-connection long period fiber gratingand the monitoring technology of central wavelength of a fiber bragg grating sensor together, has the advantages of high sensitivity, high demodulating speed and low cost, and can be used for shocking and vibrating monitoring of aerospace flight vehicles, bridges, large dams, underwater construction and the like.

There is provided a polarization maintaining optical fiber coupler and a method of manufacturing this polarization maintaining optical fiber coupler in which manufacturing is simplified and excess loss is reduced. A polarization maintaining optical fiber coupler is provided in which, in at least one of the polarization maintaining optical fibers forming the fused and extended portion, the ratio of the [diameter of the core/the diameter of the cladding] or [the distance between the two stress applying portions/the diameter of the cladding] is greater than the ration of the [diameter of the core/the diameter of the cladding] or [the distance between the two stress applying portions/the diameter of the cladding in the portions of the polarization maintaining optical fibers that do not form the fused and extended portion]. In addition, in this polarization maintaining optical fiber coupler, in the fused and extended portion, the stress applying portions are enveloped by the cladding. Moreover, polarization maintaining optical fibers are used in which the distance between adjacent outer circumferences of the two stress applying portions is 20 μm or more.

The invention discloses a producing method which is easily implemented and can output stable single-longitudinal-mode multi-wavelength broadband-tunable brillouin laser, and a brillouin laser device. The method uses the brillouin laser device which is composed of an optical passive resonant cavity and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier arranged at the outer part of the optical passive resonant cavity, brillouin stokes light generated in the optical resonant cavity is fed back to the erbium-doped fiber amplifier, and therefore the single-longitudinal-mode multi-wavelength broadband-tunable brillouin laser is obtained. The brillouin laser device comprises the erbium-doped fiber amplifier, a tunable laser device and the optical passive resonant cavity, wherein the erbium-doped fiber amplifier is arranged at the outer part of the optical passive resonant cavity; the tunable laser device is connected with the erbium-doped fiber amplifier through a fiber coupler; and the optical passive resonant cavity is connected with the output end of the erbium-doped fiber amplifier. Meanwhile, the optical passive resonant cavity is connected with the input end of the erbium-doped fiber amplifier through the fiber coupler.

Fiber optic coupler averagely distributes light intensity of light source in wide band into multiple LPGPs possessing different path differences. Multiplex is accomplished after each path of signal light is converged. Through a light unidirectional isolator, multiplex signal light enters into 3-dB fiber optic coupler. Through collimator of optical fiber, two beams of signal light are sent to reflector, and reflective back to optical fiber. Controlling position movement of one reflector compensates phase difference introduced by LPGPs in different path differences. Compensated two paths of optical signal are converged and intervened at 3-dB fiber optic coupler. The intervened pattern is converted to electrical signal by photo diode; and the signal is collected by data collection card so as to complete demodulation. Advantages are: low cost, suitable to integration and combined to instrument.

An optical fiber coupler and manufacturing apparatus and method thereof aim to provide a loading fixture and a clamping device to fabricate 1×4, 2×4 and 4×4 optical fiber couplers, and also improve driving mechanisms and operation of the packaging station and the entire manufacturing equipment. The 1×4 optical fiber coupler fabricated by means of the invention can split an optical signal more evenly and has a higher production yield. The total size of the equipment is smaller and the structure is less complicated, and the construction cost is lower.

The invention provides an integrated two-dimensional fiber optic micro accelerometer based on a four-core fiber optic, which is formed by connecting light sources the wave lengths of which are 1310nm and 1550nm respectively, a wavelength division multiplexer, a circulator, a single-core fiber optic, a fiber optic sensing probe and a dual detector, wherein the fiber optic sensing probe comprises a four-core fiber optic, an external shell, mass blocks and a support, wherein each fiber core is carved with fiber optic gratings serving as reflectors; resonance wavelengths of the two orthotropic fiber optic grating pairs are 1310nm and 1550nm respectively; the single-core fiber optic and the four-core fiber optic are connected by utilizing a fiber optic coupler; the single-core fiber optic and the shell are rigidly connected; the mass blocks and the four-core fiber optic are connected and fixed; the mass blocks are fixed at the positions of the four fiber optic gratings; and the four-core fiber optic is fixed with the external shell by the support. The invention is beneficial to the miniaturization and the integration of sensors, can realize the acceleration measurement in the two-dimensional direction, has simple, convenient and feasible manufacture method and can achieve the goal of temperature compensation.

The present invention relates to a parallel femtosecond laser two-photon photopolymerization micron nano processing method and its equipment. Said equipment includes the following several portions: pump laser, femtosecond laser, resonant cavity, amplifier, reflecting mirror, attenuator, optical gate, fibre-optic coupler, microlens array, three-dimensional scanning platform and its driven and computer control system. Said invention also provides the concrete steps of its processing method.

A fiber optic connector assembly includes a fiber optic cable with one or more optical fiber ribbons attached to a fiber optic connector. The connector includes a ferrule assembly and a crimp body with a fiber access aperture. The aperture has at least two walls defining a first width and a second width defining a predetermined delta and a predetermined aspect ratio. The delta and aspect ratio provide optical fiber access for alignment of the optical fiber ribbon to the optical fiber ferrule assembly. A method of making the fiber optic connector assembly is also disclosed.

An assembly includes optical fibers each having a waveguide core, a photonic integrated circuit (IC) that includes in-plane waveguides corresponding to the optical fibers, and a substrate bonded to the photonic IC with grooves that support the optical fibers. The substrate and photonic IC can have metal bumps that cooperate to provide mechanical bonding and electrical connections between the substrate and photonic IC. Portions of the optical fibers supported by the substrate grooves can define flat surfaces spaced from the optical fiber cores. The photonic IC can include passive waveguide structures with a first coupling section that interfaces to the flat surface of a corresponding optical fiber (for evanescent coupling of optical signals) and a second coupling section that interfaces to a corresponding in-plane waveguide (for adiabatic spot-size conversion of optical signals).

A signal processing system of a multiplexed FBG sensor using CDMA includes a pseudo random bit sequences (PRBS) generator for generating pseudo random bit sequence; a LED for light-emitting at a pseudo random bit from the PRBS generator; a fiber coupler for transmitting a light signal from the LED into a FBG sensor portion and passing signals reflected by the FBG sensor portion herethrough; the FBG sensor portion for receiving/reflecting the light signal via an optic fiber to forward it back to the fiber coupler; an FBG filter portion for filtering the signal reflected by the FBG sensor portion and passed through the fiber coupler; photo detector for converting the light signal from the FBG filter portion into the electrical signal; a delaying portion for delaying a pseudo random bit signal from the PRBS generator for a predetermined time period; a mixing portion for mixing the delay signal from the delaying portion and the output signal from the photo detector; and at least one auto-correlation device for integrating or auto-correlating the signal from the mixing portion, thereby enhancing the stability of the system and the linearity of a signal to be measured to applied strain.

The invention relates to a fiber optic interferometric system for reducing the influence of fiber birefringence. Laser is emitted by a laser device and transmitted to a fiber optic coupler through a source fiber; the laser is split by the coupler and then output to a metric arm and a reference arm of the fiber optic interferometric system respectively, wherein, one path of light is incident to light reflection device of the metric arm through a fiber optic depolarizer of the metric arm and an optical fiber of the metric arm; the reflected light returns to the fiber optic coupler through the original path; the other path of light is incident to a light reflection device of the reference arm through a fiber optic depolarizer of the reference arm and an optical fiber of the reference arm; the reflected light returns to the fiber optic coupler through the original path; the two path of reflected light form an interference light signal in the coupler; the signal is received by a photoelectric detector as an interference signal through an optical fiber of the detector; and the interference signal is transmitted to an operational processing system through a signal transmission line to obtain the size of the outside physical quantity signal. The fiber optic interferometric system used for metering outside physical quantities such as vibration eliminates the influence of the random variation of the polarization state in the ordinary fiber optic interferometric system on the signal of the fiber optic interferometric system.