Nec Corporation

Hirose Electric Company, Ltd.

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Panasonic Corporation

Nippon Paint Compnay, Ltd.

Shuji Suzuki

Masao Kinoshita

Akio Tajima

Hiroshi Masuda

Kazuhito Saito

Takumi Yoshida

Hiroaki Okano

Osamu Ibaragi

Akihiro Tanaka

Takeshi Yamazaki

Kazuhiko Kurata

Seigo Takahashi

Yoshiaki Sano

Junichi Sasaki

Wakako Maeda

Tsutomu Matsuo

Nobuhiro Tamai

Makoto Nishio

Eiji Shiohama

Masaki Ohmura

Shojirou Kido

Seiki Hiramatsu

Shinichiro Haruyama

Tadashi Ohshida

Masahiko Fujiwara

Jeremy Buan

Kihong Kim

Emi Watanabe

Akira Ajisawa

Kouhei Ogura

Hiromichi Muraoka

Example implementations described herein are directed to a system involving one or more photonic integrated circuits having multi-mode waveguides and connected to a printed optical board through the use of multi-mode waveguide connectors described herein. The printed optical board can include an embedded multi-mode waveguide bus to facilitate optical signal to and from the photonic integrated circuits. The system can also include a chiplet such as a photonic integrated circuit with a single mode waveguide configured to connect to an optical fiber cable.

Multi-mode waveguide system and connector for photonic integrated circuit

The visible light communication device includes a control circuit configured to repeat a transmission process of transmitting a communication signal through modulating an intensity of visible light to be emitted from a light source. The control circuit is configured to, in the transmission process, arbitrarily select a time slot for transmission from a plurality of time slots set within a predetermined time period allocated to the transmission process, and transmit the communication signal in the time slot for transmission.

Visible light communication device, lighting fixture including the same, and lighting system

An optical-electric conversion connector configured to be connected to a mating connector. The optical-electric conversion connector includes an optical semiconductor element for converting between an optical signal and an electrical signal; a supporting member for supporting the optical semiconductor element; a contact member connected to the optical semiconductor element for contacting with a mating contact member of the mating connector; a first resin member formed of a transparent resin for integrally holding the optical semiconductor element, the supporting member, and the contact member, and a second resin member mounted on an outer surface of the first resin member. The first resin member is arranged to seal at least the optical semiconductor element. A method of producing the optical-electric conversion connector includes an element arrangement step, a conductive member connecting step, a first resin molding step, and a second resin molding step.

Optical-electric conversion connector

There is provided a blink signal detection circuit which can clearly detect a blink signal of a blinking measurement target even if the measurement target moves. The blink signal detection circuit includes: a plurality of storage media that record image information shot by an imaging device at respective times, the image information showing a light-dark change in brightness of the measurement target which is blinking; an image information enlargement unit (pixel information enlargement circuit) that enlarges a plurality of pieces of image information at the respective different times with reference to a spatial axis, thereby generating a plurality of pieces of enlarged image information at the respective different times; and a correlation detection unit (correlation integration circuit) that performs correlation detection between the plurality of pieces of enlarged image information at the respective different times. The blink signal detection circuit detects the blink signal of the measurement target from a result of correlation detection obtained by the correlation detection unit.

Blink signal detection circuit, blink signal detection method, object sensing apparatus, object sensing method, and imaging system

A sender's encrypted communication apparatus and a recipient's encrypted communication apparatus autonomously generate keys for encryption with respective key generators, store the generated encryption keys in respective encryption key memories, and store part of the generated encryption keys in respective authentication memories. The keys stored in the authentication memories are used for mutual authentication when the sender's encrypted communication apparatus and a recipient's encrypted communication apparatus are connected to each other.

Random number generating and sharing system, encrypted communication apparatus, and random number generating and sharing method for use therein

A clock signal of a master clock of a sender is transmitted to a receiver through a classical channel and is returned from the receiver. The clock signal is transmitted with strong light from a sender-side quantum unit to a receiver-side quantum unit through a quantum channel. A sender-side synchronization section establishes phase synchronization between the clock signal returned from the receiver and the clock signal detected by the sender-side quantum unit, and generates a calibration clock signal. At the receiver as well, a receiver-side synchronization section establishes phase synchronization between the clock signal detected from the classical channel and the clock signal detected by the receiver-side quantum unit, and generates a calibration clock signal.

Communication system and synchronization method thereof

An optical fiber sheet comprises optical fibers sandwiched between sheet members and fixed thereto. Distal ends of the optical fibers extend from outer peripheral edges of the sheet members with resin coatings applied to the distal ends to produce extensions. The distal ends of the extensions are inserted into fiber holes of connectors with the resin coatings applied to the distal ends to be connected with the connectors.

Optical fiber sheet and its manufacturing method

A method for fabrication of a multilayered optical waveguide structure which includes at least two substrates, and an optical waveguide layer disposed between the substrates and having at least one core region and side cladding regions laterally succeeding from the core region. The method is characterized in that the optical waveguide layer is formed from a polysilane compound containing polysilane, and it comprises stacking a first block including one of the substrates and a second block including the other of the substrates through the optical waveguide layer or a cladding layer located at a surface of either one of the blocks, and heating them while pressed in such arrangement so that the first block and the second block are bonded together by the optical waveguide layer or the cladding layer serving as a bonding layer into the multilayered structure.

Method for fabrication of multilayered optical waveguide structure and multilayered optical waveguide structure

An optical backplane includes an optical connector which receives juxtaposed optical signals transmitted in nonparallel to the main surface of a circuit substrate from the circuit substrate or transmits juxtaposed optical signals in nonparallel to the main surface of the circuit substrate to the circuit substrate. The optical connector disposes and accommodates edge portions of a plurality of optical fibers and the disposing direction of the optical fibers in the optical connector is in nonparallel to the main surface of the circuit substrate.

Optical connection structure of optical backplane to circuit substrate

A photoelectric composite connector comprises a first connector unit which is connected to optical transmission means and a second connector unit which can be attached to and detached from a first connector unit freely. The first connector unit comprises a photoelectric conversion module and an electrical connector section having a first conductor which is electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion module. The second connector unit is formed as an electrical connector unit corresponding to the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and having a second conductor. The first conductor of the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and the second conductor of the second connector unit are electrically connected to each other when the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and the second connector unit are connected to each other by use of their electrical connector structures.

Photoelectric composite connector and substrate using the same

A board-mounted optical connector is provided which enables high-density wiring of optical fibers on a board. The board-mounted optical connector is a board-mounted optical connector having a housing comprising: a first housing component, and a second housing component. The first housing component has a housing space accessible through an opening formed in at least a portion of a side wall and houses portions of optical fiber members that are partially laid along the top surface of a board and are bent at nearly right angle to the board together with an optical component connected to the optical fiber members in the housing space through the opening. The second housing component is attached to the first housing component and can close the opening of the housing space with the portions of the optical fiber members and the optical component connected to the optical fiber members housed in the first housing component.

Board-mounted optical connector

In an optical self-muting network, N optical splitters are associated respectively, with N inlet terminals for splitting an optical signal from the associated inlet terminal into M replicas of the optical signal. M optical combiners, associated respectively with M outlet terminals, combines N optical signals incident thereon into a combined optical signal and couples it to the associated outlet terminal. M sets of N optical gates are connected between the N optical splitters and the M optical combiners. Each optical gate allows passage of an optical signal incident thereon when it timely coincides with an electrical signal applied thereto. A controller supplies a gate control electrical signal to the optical gates of each set during M successive intervals. Contention between optical packets simultaneously incident on the optical gates of the same set is resolved by the controller.

Self-routing network using optical gate array driven by control voltages

An optical switch circuit is configured as a matrix array to arbitrarily switch the connections between optical transmission channels. The optical switch circit comprises a plurality of optical splitter coupled to input transmission channels, a plurality of optical switches arranged on the matrix crosspoints, each switch comprising an optoelectronic element and a light modulating element functioning as an electrooptic element, and a plurality of optical combiners coupled to output transmission channels. Thus, a small-sized optical switch circuit suitable for integration is realized. With this circuit, small crosstalk and high speed switching without distortion of broadband signals are expected. Further, this circuit provides a wide adaptability such that light transmitted through multi-mode optical fiber can be switched.

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Shuji Suzuki