Citizen Holdings Company, Ltd.

Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.

Keio University

Takaaki Takeishi

Masafumi Ide

Takaaki Nozaki

Seiko Kato

Kaoru Yoda

Takaaki Ishigure

Kenichiro Kimura

Kazutomo Soma

Provided is a method for producing a microchannel including an approximately circular cross section with neither a joined surface nor an inlet in a smaller number of steps than has been conventional. The method for producing a microchannel includes the steps of forming a layer of an uncured curable resin () on a substrate (), inserting into the curable resin a needle body () that can inject a liquid (), injecting a liquid in a tubular shape into the curable resin via the needle body while moving the needle body, extracting the needle body from the curable resin, and curing the curable resin to form a channel (A) in a tubular region injected with the liquid.

Method for producing microchannel, and microchannel

To provide a liquid crystal device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal device which has high durability in an environment of high temperature and high humidity, and which can be applied to optical communication device. A liquid crystal device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal device includes a first substrate provided with a frame shaped seal region for encapsulating a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate provided in opposition to the first substrate, wherein a gold frame shaped structure is provided in the seal region of the first substrate so as to be crushed and deformed to form metallic bond when superimposed and joined to the second substrate, and wherein a gold film is disposed in the portion of the second substrate opposed to the gold frame shaped structure so as to form metallic bond to the gold frame shaped structure.

Liquid crystal device and method of manufacturing liquid crystal device

A light source unit () emits linearly polarized laser light of a given wavelength. A wave plate () transmits the laser light emitted from the light source unit () and has a phase delay axis of which the direction is adjusted to about 0 degrees with respect to the polarization direction () of the laser light. A liquid crystal cell () transmits laser light that has passed through the wave plate () and by a switchable rotation amount, rotates the polarization direction () of the laser light transmitted through the liquid crystal cell (). A wave plate () transmits laser light that has passed through the liquid crystal cell (); and further has a phase delay axis of which the direction is adjusted to about 0 degrees with respect to the polarization direction () of the laser light.

Optical device, projector, manufacturing method, and manufacturing support apparatus

An optical modulatorincludes an input unit, a splitter unit, a first waveguide, a second waveguide, a directional coupler unit, a first output unit, a second output unit, a first liquid-crystal cell, and a second liquid-crystal cell. The splitter unit, the first waveguide, the second waveguide, and the directional coupler unitform an optical interferometer that branches an input light and causes the branched lights to interfere. The first liquid-crystal celland the second liquid-crystal celltransmit the lights branched in the optical interferometer and delay the lights according to applied signals, respectively. The second liquid-crystal cellis thinner than the first liquid-crystal cell

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Tokorozawa, Japan

Takaaki Takeishi