Corning Incorporated

Corning Optical Communications LLC

Alranzo Boh Ruffin

Anthony Ng'oma

Michael Sauer

Jacob George

Stephan Lvovich Logunov

Ming-Jun Li

Nicholas Francis Borrelli

Daniel Aloysius Nolan

James Joseph Price

Sergio Tsuda

Robert Stephen Wagner

Johannes Moll

James Joseph Watkins

Garrett Andrew Piech

Xin Chen

Vitor Marino Schneider

Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov

Edward John Fewkes

Heather Debra Boek

Robert Adam Modavis

Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov

Joseph Francis Schroeder, Iii

Ji Wang

Shenping Li

Dean Michael Thelen

Stuart Gray

Michael Brian Webb

Donnell Thaddeus Walton

David John McEnroe

Daiping Ma

Thomas Philip Seward, Iii

Mark Christian Sanson

Daniel Arthur Sternquist

Andreas Simon Gaab

Michael Peter Gaj

Mark Ranney Westcott

Xiao Li

An article includes an optical transforming layer and a guide region positioned inside and adjacent to at least a portion of a perimeter of the optical transforming layer. The guide region comprises an inlet end positioned adjacent to a first surface of the optical transforming layer and an outlet end positioned adjacent a second surface of the optical transforming layer. The guide region propagates light from the inlet end to the outlet end such that the light is directed from the first surface to the second surface. The guide region includes a phase-separated glass comprising a continuous network phase and a discontinuous phase. A relative difference in index of refraction between the continuous network phase and the discontinuous phase is greater than or equal to 0.3%. The discontinuous phase comprises elongated shaped regions aligned along a common axis and having an aspect ratio greater than or equal to 10:1.

Optical transforming article

A method for processing a transparent workpiece includes directing a pulsed laser beam into the transparent workpiece such that a portion of the pulsed laser beam directed into the transparent workpiece generates an induced absorption within the transparent workpiece, thereby forming a damage line within the transparent workpiece, and the portion of the pulsed laser beam directed into the transparent workpiece includes a wavelength &#x3bb;, a spot size w, and a Rayleigh range Zthat is greater than where Fis a dimensionless divergence factor comprising a value of 10 or greater. Further, the method for processing the transparent workpiece includes etching the transparent workpiece with an etching vapor to remove at least a portion of the transparent workpiece along the damage line, thereby forming an aperture extending through the at least a portion of the thickness of the transparent workpiece.

Methods for laser processing transparent workpieces using pulsed laser beam focal lines and vapor etching

Strengthened glass articles having laser etched features, electronic devices, and methods of fabricating etched features in strengthened glass articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a strengthened glass article includes a first strengthened surface layer and a second strengthened surface layer under a compressive stress and extending from a first surface and a second surface, respectively, of the strengthened glass article to a depth of layer, and a central region between the first strengthened surface layer and the second strengthened surface layer that is under tensile stress. The strengthened glass article further includes at least one etched feature formed by laser ablation within the first surface or the second surface having a depth that is less than the depth of layer and a surface roughness that is greater than a surface roughness of the first surface or second surface outside of the at least one etched feature.

Strengthened glass articles having etched features and methods of forming the same

An electrically conductive article that includes a monolithic glass body having a first primary surface; and an electrically conducting element formed in the body. The element includes a discrete layer, or a plurality of discrete layers, of metallic silver. Each layer has a thickness T such that 0.1 &#x3bc;m&#x2264;T&#x2264;0.5 &#x3bc;m and an electrical resistivity of about 50 n&#x3a9;&#xb7;m to about 2000 n&#x3a9;&#xb7;m. In addition, the element is spaced apart from the first primary surface by a distance D, wherein 0.1 &#x3bc;m&#x2264;D&#x2264;20 &#x3bc;m. In some aspects, the electrically conducting element and/or the monolithic glass body are configured as an antenna assembly, an optical fiber or a flexible glass substrate.

Electrically conductive articles with discrete metallic silver layers and methods for making same

Extremely High Frequency (EHF) distributed antenna systems and related components and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a base unit for distributing EHF modulated data signals to a RAU(s) is provided. The base unit includes a downlink data source input configured to receive downlink electrical data signal(s) from a data source. The base unit also includes an E-O converter configured to convert downlink electrical data signal(s) into downlink optical data signal(s). The base unit also includes an oscillator configured to generate an electrical carrier signal at a center frequency in the EHF band. The base unit also includes a modulator configured to combine the downlink optical data signal(s) with the electrical carrier signal to form downlink modulated optical signal(s) comprising a downlink optical data signal(s) modulated at the center frequency of the electrical carrier signal. The modulator is further configured to send the downlink modulated optical signal to the RAU(s).

Extremely high frequency (EHF) distributed antenna systems, and related components and methods

An illuminated color displaying device having at least one light diffusing waveguide coupled to a plurality of different light sources emitting light at different wavelengths, to provide color modulation.

Manipulation of color illumination using light diffusing fiber

An illuminated color display panel having at least one light diffusing waveguide, and a transparent panel having at least one luminophore provided in a predetermined pattern on at least one major planar surface of the transparent panel is provided. Light from at least one light source is coupled to the waveguide and light from the waveguide is coupled to the panel at or adjacent at least one edge of the panel. The resulting illuminated color display panel is useful for general lighting purposes and signage.

An illumination system that includes at least one light-diffusing optical fiber is disclosed. The illumination system includes at least one low-scatter light-conducting optical fiber that optically couples the at least one light-diffusing optical fiber to at least one light source. The light-diffusing optical fiber includes a light-source fiber portion having a length over which scattered light is continuously emitted. The light-source fiber portion can be bent, including wound into a coil shape. The light-diffusing optical fiber includes a plurality of nano-sized structures configured to scatter guided light traveling within the light-diffusing optical fiber out of an outer surface of the fiber.

Optical fiber illumination systems and methods

An optical fiber comprising a core having a refractive index profile and a centerline; and a cladding layer surrounding and directly adjacent the core; wherein core includes updoping material and is doped with Aluminum in at least one region of the core, such that either: (a) the average longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the core is within 0.05% of the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the cladding; or (b) the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity in the core changes by at least 0.2%.

High SBS threshold optical fiber with aluminum dopant

A supercontinuum light emitting device comprises an effectively CW light source producing light of wavelength &#x3bb;within a specified bandwidth and a nonlinear fiber optically coupled to the light source. The nonlinear fiber has a plurality of fiber segments with different zero dispersion wavelengths &#x3bb;o, where each successive fiber segment has zero dispersion wavelength &#x3bb;owhich is larger than the zero dispersion wavelength of the preceding fiber and the zero dispersion wavelength of the first fiber segment is within &#xb1;20 nm of &#x3bb;.

Supercontinuum emitting device

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Alranzo Boh Ruffin