Abstract: The invention concerns a glaze for annealing surfaces, particularly of ceramic parts used in the field of medicine, comprising the components 30 to 55% SiO2, 0 to 7% Al2O3, 10 to 30% R2O, 5 to 10% R?O, 0.5 to 15% B2O3, 5 to 10% Bi2O3, 1 to 10% P2O5, 0 to 5% Sb2O3, 0 to 5% SnO2, 0 to 5% TiO2 and 5 to 10% ZrO2 by mass, wherein (R) is one or several alkali metals and (R?) is one or several bivalent metals from the group comprising alkaline earth metals and zinc, and wherein the glaze is obtained by melting or sintering the components.

Abstract: The invention concerns a glaze for annealing surfaces, particularly of ceramic parts used in the field of medicine, comprising the components 30 to 55% SiO2, 0 to 7% Al2O3, 10 to 30% R2O, 5 to 10% R?O, 0.5 to 15% B2O3, 5 to 10% Bi2O3, 1 to 10% P2O5, 0 to 5% Sb2O3, 0 to 5% SnO2, 0 to 5% TiO2 and 5 to 10% ZrO2 by mass, wherein (R) is one or several alkali metals and (R?) is one or several bivalent metals from the group comprising alkaline earth metals and zinc, and wherein the glaze is obtained by melting or sintering the components.

Abstract: Methods for optical isolation in high peak power fiber-optic systems prevent damage to a facet within a fiber-optic isolator caused by back-reflected light from, for example, an optical amplifier. Preventing damage to the facet may include expanding a mode area of the back-reflected light and/or reducing a change in refractive index.

Abstract: This application describes coupled and non-coupled opto-electronic oscillators with enhanced performance. Coupled OEOs implement a dispersion compensation mechanism to reduce dispersion-induced optical loss, a polarization control mechanism to reduce polarization-dependent optical loss, or a combination of the dispersion compensation mechanism and the polarization control mechanism to enhance the oscillator performance.

Abstract: A system and method for generating an optical laser pulse train of constant ultrashort pulse duration and low timing jitter in a fiber ring laser system (resonator) while keeping the laser resonator resilient to environmental conditions like temperature, humidity and pressure. The laser resonator may be actively mode-locked with a periodic electrically driven modulation at a specific frequency that corresponds to the inverse of the transit time inside the resonator. The optical pulse train quality may be monitored in real time, and the frequency of the modulation may be dynamically tuned in real time to compensate for resonator length changes due to changes in the environmental conditions.