Corning Incorporated

Corning Cable Systems

Luis Alberto Zenteno

Ji Wang

Donnell Thaddeus Walton

Ming-Jun Li

Daniel Aloysius Nolan

Xin Chen

George Edward Berkey

Adam James Ellison

Joohyun Koh

John D Minelly

Jacques Gollier

Matthew John Dejneka

Michael Sauer

Timothy James Kiczenski

Jacob George

Carlton Maurice Truesdale

Stuart Gray

Ellen Anne King

Joseph Edward McCarthy

Stephan Lvovich Logunov

Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov

Michael Thomas Gallagher

Dean Michael Thelen

Michel Prassas

Martyn N Easton

Ronald L Kimball

Robert Arnold Knowlton

Nicholas Francis Borrelli

William James Miller

Daniel Warren Hawtof

Wageesha Senaratne

Anping Liu

Jeffery Alan DeMeritt

William Allen Wood

James C Fajardo

Nadja Teresia Lönnroth

David Eugene Baker

Paul Michael Then

Monica K Davis

Michael Etienne

Gerald E Burke

Felton Aaron Flood

Christine L Tennent

Gregory J Cowle

Nobutoshi Sekiguchi

M Heath Rasmussen

(Ying) Lisa Peng

Chia Chi Wang

Michael H Rasmussen

William J Miller

Compounds, compositions, articles, devices, and methods for the manufacture of light guide plates and back light units including such light guide plates made from glass. In some embodiments, light guide plates (LGPs) are provided that have similar or superior optical properties to light guide plates made from PMMA and that have exceptional mechanical properties such as rigidity, CTE and dimensional stability in high moisture conditions as compared to PMMA light guide plates.

Aluminosilicate glasses

A multi-pane window having a low emissivity layer and a photochromic glass. The window includes at least two panes of glass. An outside pane for interaction with the outdoors and an inside pane spaced apart from the outside pane. The outside pane includes a low emissivity coating. The inside pane includes a photochromic glass. The outside pane transmits solar light wavelengths. The photochromic glass is darkened upon exposure to light transmitted by the outside pane.

Multi-pane window with a low emissivity layer and a photochromic glass

Methods and apparatus for providing one or more components for a display system, particularly for producing diffused light.

Methods and apparatus for providing display components

At least one flexible light diffusing waveguide is arranged to define a plurality of light diffusing waveguide segments arranged substantially parallel to one another, and is coupled to at least one light source to provide a flexible light panel suitable for general lighting purposes or for use as a backlight in a display, such as a video display. Multiple waveguides can be coupled to different color light sources to provide a multi-colored flexible backlight that is usable in combination with a flexible matrix-addressable panel to provide a flexible video display.

Multi-wavelength light source using light diffusing fibers

A radio-over-fiber (RoF) hybrid wired/wireless transponder is disclosed that is configured to provide both wireless and wired communication between a hybrid head-end and one or more client devices. The hybrid transponder includes optical-to-electrical (O/E) and electrical-to-optical (E/O) conversion capability and is configured to frequency multiplex/demultiplex electrical 'wired' signals and electrical 'wireless' signals. The electrical wireless signals are wirelessly communicated to the client device(s) via a multiple-input/multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system within a cellular coverage area. The electrical wired signals are communicated to the client device(s) via a wireline cable that plugs into a wireline cable port on the transponder. The hybrid RoF system includes a hybrid head-end capable of transmitting and receiving wired and wireless optical signals, and an optical fiber cable that is optically coupled to the hybrid head-end and to at least one hybrid transponder. Drop-down transponder configurations that allow for easy wired and wireless connectivity between the client device(s) to the transponder(s) are also disclosed.

Hybrid wireless/wired RoF transponder and hybrid RoF communication system using same

According to one example of the invention an optical fiber comprises: (i) silica based, rare earth doped core having a first index of refraction n; (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n, such that n&#x3e;n; wherein at least one of the core or cladding is doped with AlO, such that the ratio of max wt % to min wt % of AlOconcentration is less than 2:1.

Optical fiber and method for making such fiber

An optical fiber, comprising: (i) a core, (ii) a cladding surrounding the core, (iii) at least one stress member adjacent the fiber core and situated within the cladding, said stress member comprising silica co-doped with B and F.

Polarization maintaining and single polarization optical fiber

According to one embodiment a method of making optical fibers comprises: (i) manufacturing a core cane; (ii) situating a plurality of microstructures selected from rods, air filled tubes and glass filed tubes and placing said microstructures adjacent to the core cane, said microstructures forming no more than 3 layers; (iii) placing the core cane with said adjacent microstructures inside a holding clad tube; and (iv) placing interstitial cladding rods inside the holding (clad) tube, thereby forming an assembly comprising a tube containing a core cane, a plurality of microstructures and interstitial cladding rods. The assembly is then drawn into a microstructured cane and an optical fiber is drawn from the microstructured cane. According to several embodiments, the method of making an optical fiber includes providing at least one air hole and at least one stress rod adjacent to the core.

Method of making an optical fiber

The strain-managed optical waveguide assemblies of the present invention utilize a large-mode-area (LMA) optical fiber that is annealed in a first bending such that the fiber in that configuration has substantially no axial strain. A fiber support member is then used to support the annealed LMA optical fiber in a second bending configuration that forms within the LMA optical fiber an axial strain profile that reduces stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) as compared to the first bending configuration, and that also preferably causes the LMA optical fiber to operate in a single mode. The LMA optical fiber may have a double-clad configuration and include a doped core that serves as a gain medium. The strain-managed optical waveguide assembly can then be used to constitute a fiber amplifier that mitigates the SBS penalty associated with high-power fiber-based optical systems. The strain-managed waveguide assembly can also provide for thermal management in high-power applications, and can be used to control SBS by controlling the temperature profile along the length of the LMA optical fiber in a manner that mitigates SBS.

Strain-managed optical waveguide assemblies and methods of forming same

The radio-over-fiber (RoF) transponder includes a converter unit adapted to convert RF electrical signals into optical signals and vice versa, and an antenna system electrically coupled to the converter unit. The antenna system includes first and second Z-shaped patch antenna elements formed on an antenna substrate. These patches are adapted to respectively transmit and receive radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic radiation at a first frequency f(e.g., 2.4 GHz) over a first picocell. The antenna system also includes a square patch antenna element formed atop the antenna substrate surface between the first and second Z-shaped patch antenna elements. The square patch antenna is adapted to transmit and receive RF electromagnetic radiation at a second frequency f(e.g., 5.2 GHz) over a second picocell substantially co-located with the first picocell. One or more spaced-apart transponders can be supported by one or more optical fibers to form an array of picocells.

Radio-over-fiber transponder with a dual-band patch antenna system

An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, Yb doped core having a first index of refraction n, said core comprising more than 1 wt % of Yb, said core having less than 5 dB/km loss at a wavelength situated between 1150 nm and 1350 nm and less than 20 dB/km loss at the wavelength of 1380 nm and slope efficiency of over 0.8; and (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n, such that n&#x3e;n.

Rare earth doped optical fiber

A method for generating a linear single-polarization output beam comprises providing an optically active linearly birefringent and linearly dichroic fiber for propagating light and having a single polarization wavelength range and a gain bandwidth; optically pumping the optically active linearly birefringent and linearly dichroic fiber for obtaining fluorescence within the gain bandwidth; and aligning the single-polarization wavelength range to overlap a desired spectral region of the gain profile.

Method for generating a linear single polarization output beam

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Painted Post, NY, United States of America

Luis Alberto Zenteno