Oplink Communications, Inc.

Optotrace Technologies, Inc.

Other

Optotrace (suzhou) Technologies, Inc.

Telelight Communication Inc.

Zhimin Liu

Hong Peng Wang

Mark Shi Wang

Shifang Li

Wenhui Wang

Jingyu Xu

Yanbin Shao

Jiwu Ling

A micro structure for sensing a substance using light scattering includes a substrate, a first layer on the substrate, wherein the first layer comprises a metallic material, a second layer over the first layer, and a mask layer over the second layer. A plurality of nano holes are formed through the mask layer and the second layer, wherein the plurality of holes are defined in part by internal surfaces on the second layer and the mask layer. Two or more structure layers are formed on the mask layer and the internal surfaces in the plurality of holes. The two or more structure layers comprise different material compositions.

Multi-layer micro structure for sensing substance

A micro structure includes a silicon substrate, an adhesion layer on the silicon substrate, a bias layer on the adhesion layer, and structure layers on the adhesion layer. The two or more structure layers comprise different material compositions and a plurality of holes through at least two of the structure layers. Widths of the plurality of holes are in the range of 0.5-500 nm.

Light scattering device having multi-layer micro structure

New and improved applications of Raman Scattering are disclosed. These applications may be implemented with or without using an enhanced nano-structured surface that is trademarked as the RamanNanoChip&#x2122; disclosed in a pending patent. As a RamanNanoChip&#x2122; provides much higher sensitivity in SERS compared with conventional enhance surface, broader scopes of applications are now enabled and can be practically implemented as now disclosed in this application. Furthermore, a wide range of applications is achievable as new and improved Raman sensing applications. By applying the analysis of Raman scattering spectrum, applications can be carried out to identify unknown chemical compositions to perform the tasks of homeland security; food, drug and drinking materials safety; early disease diagnosis environmental monitoring; industrial process monitoring, precious metal and gem authentications, etc.

Trace chemical optical probe

A method to fabricate an optical scattering probe and the method includes the steps of a) depositing an conductive layer on a substrate followed by depositing a noble metal layer on top of the conductive layer and then an aluminum layer on top the noble metal layer; b) anodizing the aluminum layer to form a porous aluminum oxide layer having a plurality of pores; and c) etching the plurality of pores through the aluminum oxide layer and the noble metal layer for forming a nano-hole array. In a preferred embodiment, the step of etching the plurality of pores through the aluminum oxide layer and the noble metal layer further comprising a step of widening the pores followed by removing the aluminum oxide layer for forming a plurality of noble metal column on top of the conductive layer.

Method of fabricating nano-structured surface and configuration of surface enhanced light scattering probe

New and improved applications of Raman Scattering are disclosed. These applications may be implemented with or without using an enhanced nano-structured surface that is trademarked as the RamanNanoChip&#x2122; disclosed in a pending patent. As a RamanNanoChip&#x2122; provides much higher sensitivity in SERS compared with conventional enhance surface, broader scopes of applications are now enabled and can be practically implemented as now disclosed in this application. Furthermore, a wide range of applications is achievable as new and improved Raman sensing applications. By applying the analysis of Raman scattering spectrum, applications can be carried out to identify unknown chemical compositions to perform the tasks of homeland security; food, drug and drinking materials safety; early disease diagnosis; environmental monitoring; industrial process monitoring, precious metal and gem authentications, etc.

Applications of Raman scattering probes

An optical circulator has a first collimator; a first block of birefringent material; a first compound polarization rotator; a light angle deflector (e.g., Wollaston prism); a second compound polarization rotator; a second block of birefringent material; and a second collimator. Light from the first fiber exits the first collimator along a first path into a first collimated beam that first hits the central plane on a crossing line between the interface and the central plane such that the first collimated beam exits the light angle deflector along a second path substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction and is received by the second fiber. Light from the second fiber exits the second collimator along the second path into a second collimated beam that exits the light angle deflector along a third path and is received by the third fiber.

Optical circulator

This invention discloses an optical collimator that includes a built-in tap-out projection optical arrangement for projecting a portion of an incoming beam to a tap-out beam-transmission fiber. In one of the preferred embodiments, the built-in tap-out projection optical arrangement further includes a front surface having an incline angle for projecting a portion of an incoming beam to a tap-out beam transmission fiber. In another preferred embodiment, the built-in tap-out projection optical arrangement further includes a prism having a pair of inclined front surfaces for projecting the incoming beam into an output beam and a tap out beam. In yet another preferred embodiment, the built-in tap-out projection optical arrangement further includes a partially reflective front surface and a reflective mirror projecting the incoming beam into an output beam and a tap out beam. This invention disclosure a dual beam collimator that provides two parallel each other beam with adjustable distance between them in the same diameter as single beam collimator. The dual beam collimator can be expanded into multiple beam collimator also.

Tap outlet collimator

This invention discloses an optical interleaver that includes a first collimating lens for collimating an input optical signal into collimated beams and a second collimating lens for focusing the collimated parallel beams into an output optical fiber. The interleaver further includes a phase delay difference generating means for generating a phase-delay difference between portions of the collimated parallel beams for generating an interference in the second collimating lens for selectively enhance signal transmission of certain wavelengths. In a preferred embodiment, the phase delay difference generating means comprising a glass plate blocking a portion of the collimated parallel beams for generating a phase delay for a portion of the collimated parallel beams passing therethrough. In another preferred embodiment, the phase delay difference generating means comprising a glass plate having an upper portion covering an upper portion of the collimated parallel beams. The glass plate having a lower portion covering a lower portion of the collimated parallel beams for generating a phase delay difference between the upper portion and lower portion of the collimated parallel beams. In another preferred embodiment, the interleaver further includes a control means for controlling the phase delay difference generating means for selectively generating signal transmission at different wavelengths according to the interference generated in the second collimating lens.

Wavelength interleaver

A four-port loop optical circulator includes a first, a second, a third and a fourth optical ports for receiving optical beam therein. The circulator further includes a plurality of optical components. The optical components include a walk-off crystal for generating a vertical optical path displacement for a vertical polarized optical beam and for passing a horizontally polarized optical beam therethrough maintaining a same optical path. The optical components also include a vertical displacement device for shifting an optical path along a vertical direction with a predefined vertical displacement for an optical beam transmitted with a particular polarization. The vertical displacement device is coupled to the walk-off crystal for guiding a beam received from the fourth port to project from the first port.

Loop optical circulator

Tap output collimator

This invention discloses an optical collimator lens for collimating an incident light. The collimator lens includes an optical transmission rod substantially formed as an elongated cylinder. The optical transmission rod further includes a first end surface formed as a spherical or aspherical end surface and a second end surface opposite the first end-surface. The second end surface formed as an inclined planar surface having an incline angle &thgr; relative to the optical axis of the optical transmission rod for increasing a return loss from the inclined planar surface. In a preferred embodiment, the inclined planar surface has an incline angle of substantially eight degrees or less or more.

Optical collimator with long working distance

A fiber optical circulator in which is a light beam is fed from a fiber of a first port in a dual core glass capillary, then collimated before being passed to a birefringent crystal wherein the light beam is divided into two orthogonal components o and e with a displacement. The State of Polarization (SOP) of components then are changed into the same, perpendicular to the incident plane of the birefringent crystal prism by the group of Faraday Rotator and two Half-Wave Plates (HWP) that have different optical axis orientation and cover o and e components respectively. Then the light components with the same SOP pass into a birefringent prism where they receive angle correction to meet receiving requirement in incident angle for the fiber of port 2 without displacement due to their SOP. This is followed by a second group of HWP and Faraday Rotator that changes the SOP of two components back to orthogonal. The light beam of components then pass into the second birefringent crystal which combines the o and e components together and pass through collimator lens, and are received by optical fiber of the second port. The optical path from the second port to the third port is similar to that described above. However, due to the non-reciprocal property of the Faraday Rotator, the SOP of the two light components from the second port will be in the incident plane of the crystal prism, therefore receive a displacement after the birefringent crystal prism. This displacement combined with angle correction allows the light from the second port is fed into the fiber of the third port. An alternative design uses a pair of glass prism and a plane crystal to replace the function of crystal prism in the preferred embodiment.

Fiber optical circulator

This invention discloses an optical interleaver. The optical interleaver includes an input port for receiving an input light beam including a plurality of wavelengths represented by &lgr;1, &lgr;2, &lgr;3, . . . , &lgr;n where n is a positive integer. The interleaver further includes a group of optical elements for decomposing the input light beam into a first light beam including a first set of wavelengths represented by &lgr;1, &lgr;3, &lgr;5, . . . , &lgr;n and a second light beam including of a second set of wavelengths represented by &lgr;2, &lgr;4, &lgr;6, . . . , &lgr;n&minus;1, wherein the first light beam and the second light beam transmitted respectively in a first and second optical paths, and the group of optical elements further decomposing and generating two sets of mutually orthogonally polarized and parallel beam-components from the first beam and second beam. The interleaver further includes an incline angle means coupled to the group of optical elements. The incline angle means is used for projecting the two sets of mutually orthogonally polarized and parallel beam-components for the first and second beams respectively with a first incline angle and second incline angle relative to an optical axis of the interleaver. And, the interleaver further includes an output beam-component combining means for combining the mutual orthogonally polarized and parallel beam-components into a first output beam and a second output beam projected with the first and second incline angles respectively relative to the optical axis of the interleaver. In a preferred embodiment, the interleaver further includes a dual fiber collimator having a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber disposed off-axis of the collimator for directly receiving the first output beam and the second output beam projected respectively with the first and second inclined angles.

Compact wavelength interleaver

This invention discloses a dual fiber optical component that includes a first holding tube for containing and holding a dual fiber capillary and a collimator lens. The dual fiber capillary has first optical fiber and a second optical fiber with the first optical fiber transmits an input light beam for projecting through the collimator lens as a collimated beam. The dual fiber component further includes a second holding tube containing and holding an optical filter for receiving the collimated beam from the collimator lens. The filter further projecting a portion of the collimated beam back through the collimator lens for transmitting to the second optical fiber of the dual fiber capillary. The first holding tube has a first interface tube end forming with a convex spherical profile and the second holding tube has a second interface tube end forming with a concave spherical profile corresponding to the convex spherical profile of the first interface tube end.

Method and configuration for providing seamless angular adjustment and attachment to make stable dual fiber optical components

This invention discloses an optical circulator. The optical circulator includes a first set of optical components having a birefringent crystal, a pair of half wave plates and the Faraday rotator to separate and then polarize the light beam into projection-direction ready polarization components. These projection-direction ready polarization components are suitable for entering into a projection-direction optical-processing-optical device, e.g., a Wollaston prism, to generate the projecting-to-exit-port beam components. The circulator then employs a set of reciprocal components of the first set of optical components to carry out reciprocal polarization rotations and beam component merging processes to transmit an output beam to the exit port by projecting the beam components and the merged beam along the projecting-to-exit port direction.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Zhimin Liu