Method for modifying the refractive index of an optical material
    11.
    发明授权
    Method for modifying the refractive index of an optical material 有权
    修改光学材料的折射率的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09144491B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-29

    申请号:US13238143

    申请日:2011-09-21

    摘要: A method for modifying the refractive index of an optical polymeric material. The method comprises continuously irradiating predetermined regions of an optical, polymeric material with femtosecond laser pulses to form a gradient index refractive structure within the material. An optical device includes an optical, polymeric lens material having an anterior surface and posterior surface and an optical axis intersecting the surfaces and at least one laser-modified, GRIN layer disposed between the anterior surface and the posterior surface and arranged along a first axis 45° to 90° to the optical axis, and further characterized by a variation in index of refraction across at least one of at least a portion of the adjacent segments and along each segment.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于改变光学聚合物材料的折射率的方法。 该方法包括用飞秒激光脉冲连续照射光学聚合材料的预定区域,以在材料内形成梯度折射率折射结构。 光学装置包括具有前表面和后表面的光学聚合物透镜材料和与表面相交的光轴以及设置在前表面和后表面之间并且沿着第一轴线45布置的至少一个激光修饰的GRIN层 °至90°,并且进一步的特征在于,相邻段的至少一部分中的至少一个和沿着每个段的折射率的变化。

    Optical Material and Method for Modifying the Refractive Index
    14.
    发明申请
    Optical Material and Method for Modifying the Refractive Index 审中-公开
    用于改变折射率的光学材料和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20080001320A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-03

    申请号:US11745746

    申请日:2007-05-08

    IPC分类号: A61F2/16 G02B1/12

    摘要: A method for modifying the refractive index of an optical, polymeric material. The method comprises irradiating select regions of the optical, polymeric material with a focused, visible or near-IR laser having a pulse energy from 0.05 nJ to 1000 nJ. The irradiation results in the formation of refractive optical structures, which exhibit little or no scattering loss. The method can be used to modify the refractive index of an intraocular lens following the surgical implantation of the intraocular lens in a human eye. The invention is also directed to an optical device comprising refractive optical structures, which exhibit little or no scattering loss and are characterized by a positive change in refractive index.

    摘要翻译: 用于改变光学聚合物材料的折射率的方法。 该方法包括用具有0.05nJ至1000nJ的脉冲能量的聚焦,可见或近红外激光照射光学聚合物材料的选择区域。 照射导致折射光学结构的形成,其表现出很少或没有散射损失。 该方法可以用于在人眼中手术植入人工晶状体后修改眼内透镜的折射率。 本发明还涉及一种包括折射光学结构的光学装置,其表现出很少或没有散射损失,并且其特征在于折射率的正变化。

    Fiber device with high nonlinearity, dispersion control and gain
    15.
    发明授权
    Fiber device with high nonlinearity, dispersion control and gain 失效
    具有高非线性,色散控制和增益的光纤设备

    公开(公告)号:US07024078B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-04

    申请号:US10978357

    申请日:2004-11-02

    申请人: Wayne H. Knox

    发明人: Wayne H. Knox

    IPC分类号: G02B6/26 C03B37/15 H04J14/02

    摘要: An optical fiber is tapered, for example, by heating it with a CO2 laser. The tapering process is controlled such that the taper transition regions have taper angles selected to minimize loss. The taper waist has a diameter selected to introduce desired dispersion properties and desired nonlinearity. The optical fiber can be used as a dispersion compensator in a fiber laser or other fiber optic system. The nonlinearity in the tapered optical fiber allows the generation of ultrashort light pulses.

    摘要翻译: 光纤是锥形的,例如通过用CO 2激光器加热。 控制锥形过程使得锥形过渡区域具有锥形角度,以使损失最小化。 锥形腰部具有选择的直径以引入期望的分散性质和期望的非线性。 光纤可用作光纤激光器或其他光纤系统中的色散补偿器。 锥形光纤中的非线性允许产生超短光脉冲。

    Article comprising a broad band optical amplifier
    16.
    发明授权
    Article comprising a broad band optical amplifier 有权
    文章包括宽带光放大器

    公开(公告)号:US06388803B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-14

    申请号:US09517342

    申请日:2000-03-02

    申请人: Wayne H. Knox

    发明人: Wayne H. Knox

    IPC分类号: H01S300

    摘要: A broad band optical amplifier includes at least one free space wavelength demultiplexer/multiplexer and optical gain means. The free space demultiplexer/multiplexer receives a multiplexed signal and spatially separates it into a plurality of spectral components each having a unique peak wavelength. The optical gain means has a plurality of wavelength-selective gain regions that are capable of imparting gain to (i.e., amplifying) an optical signal over a particular narrow range of wavelengths. The operational range (i.e., the particular narrow range of wavelengths) of each gain region is unique. The spatially-separated spectral components are individually delivered to specific gain regions by the demultiplexer/multiplexer as a function of the peak wavelength of the spectral component and the operative range of the gain region.

    摘要翻译: 宽带光放大器包括至少一个自由空间波长解复用器/多路复用器和光增益装置。 自由空间解复用器/多路复用器接收多路复用的信号并将其空间分离成多个具有唯一峰值波长的频谱分量。 光增益装置具有多个波长选择增益区域,其能够在特定的窄波长范围内赋予(即放大)光信号的增益。 每个增益区域的操作范围(即波长的特定窄范围)是唯一的。 空间分离的光谱分量作为光谱分量的峰值波长和增益区域的操作范围由分解器/多路复用器分别传送到特定增益区域。

    Upgrading a power-splitting passive optical network using optical
filtering
    17.
    发明授权
    Upgrading a power-splitting passive optical network using optical filtering 失效
    使用光学滤波升级功率分配无源光网络

    公开(公告)号:US6144472A

    公开(公告)日:2000-11-07

    申请号:US009434

    申请日:1998-01-20

    申请人: Wayne H. Knox

    发明人: Wayne H. Knox

    CPC分类号: H04B10/272

    摘要: The passive optical network system and method for providing a predetermined wavelength of data to remote users according to the present invention includes a multiple wavelength transmitter for transmitting a multiwavelength signal. The multiwavelength signal is provided by an access provider and has a plurality of signal components each of predetermined wavelength. A power-splitting passive optical network receives and power-splits the multiwavelength signal into a plurality of distributed multiwavelength signals each associated with a respective remote user. A filter selectively filters out, for each remote user, ones of the signal components of the associated distributed multiwavelength signal to provide the remote user with a selected one signal component of predetermined wavelength.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的向远程用户提供预定波长数据的无源光网络系统和方法包括用于发送多波长信号的多波长发射机。 多波长信号由接入提供商提供,并且具有每个预定波长的多个信号分量。 功率分配无源光网络接收并将多波长信号功率分裂成每个与相应的远程用户相关联的多个分布式多波长信号。 滤波器针对每个远程用户选择性地滤出相关联的分布式多波长信号的信号分量中的一个以向远程用户提供预定波长的所选择的一个信号分量。

    Chirped-pulse multiple wavelength telecommunications system
    18.
    发明授权
    Chirped-pulse multiple wavelength telecommunications system 失效
    啁啾脉冲多波长电信系统

    公开(公告)号:US5631758A

    公开(公告)日:1997-05-20

    申请号:US548537

    申请日:1995-10-26

    摘要: An apparatus and method provides optical multiple wavelength signals using a single optical broadband source to generate many independent optical wavelength channels. An optical transmitter includes a pulse chirping device which separates the frequency components of periodic optical pulses in the time domain forming separate wavelength channels which are separately modulated by a high-speed broadband optical modulator. A receiver includes a passive splitter to separate the individual wavelength channels. The chirped-pulse transmitter can then be conveniently adjusted to provide optimum overlap of wavelength channels with the modulating channel spectra.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置和方法使用单个光学宽带源提供光学多波长信号以产生许多独立的光学波长信道。 一种光发射机包括一个脉冲线性调频装置,它在时域中分离周期性光脉冲的频率分量,形成由高速宽带光调制器分别调制的分立波长信道。 接收器包括用于分离各个波长通道的无源分离器。 然后可以方便地调整啁啾脉冲发射器,以提供波长信道与调制信道光谱的最佳重叠。

    Saturable bragg reflector
    19.
    发明授权
    Saturable bragg reflector 失效
    可饱和布拉格反射器

    公开(公告)号:US5627854A

    公开(公告)日:1997-05-06

    申请号:US404664

    申请日:1995-03-15

    申请人: Wayne H. Knox

    发明人: Wayne H. Knox

    摘要: Low optical loss and simplified fabrication are achieved by a nonlinear reflector which incorporates one or more semiconductor quantum wells within a standard semiconductor quarter wave stack reflector. The nonlinear reflector provides an intensity dependent response which permits it to be used for saturable absorption directly in a main oscillating cavity of a laser. Saturation intensity of the nonlinear reflector and thereby related laser modelocking properties can be controlled by disposing the quantum well at a particular position in the reflector structure.

    摘要翻译: 通过在标准半导体四分之一波长叠层反射器内并入一个或多个半导体量子阱的非线性反射器来实现低光损耗和简化制造。 非线性反射器提供强度依赖性响应,其允许其直接用于激光器的主振荡腔中的可饱和吸收。 可以通过将量子阱设置在反射器结构中的特定位置来控制非线性反射器的饱和强度和由此相关的激光锁模特性。

    Method for modifying the refractive index of ocular tissues and applications thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10813791B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US13326403

    申请日:2011-12-15

    IPC分类号: A61F9/008

    摘要: A method for modifying a refractive property of ocular tissue in an eye by creating at least one optically-modified gradient index (GRIN) layer in the corneal stroma and/or the crystalline by continuously scanning a continuous stream of laser pulses having a focal volume from a laser having a known average power along a continuous line having a smoothly changing refractive index within the tissue, and varying either or both of the scan speed and the laser average power during the scan. The method may further involve determining a desired vision correction adjustment, and determining a position, number, and design parameters of gradient index (GRIN) layers to be created within the ocular tissue to provide the desired vision correction.