Patents by Inventor Yu Mimura
Yu Mimura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230037550Abstract: A method of manufacturing a processed body having a hydrophobic and water-repellent surface, and a processed body having a hydrophobic and water-repellent surface. The method includes: a step of contacting a member made of a crystalline or semicrystalline polymer with a solvent in a solvent-contacting region; and a step of taking the member contacted with the solvent out of the solvent-contacting region and drying the member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Ilona RACZ, Botond MAROSFOI, Csenge VAMOS, Yukako NAKAI, Yu Mimura
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Publication number: 20220356588Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cathode electrode that can stably sustain a catalytic reaction producing an olefinic hydrocarbon such as ethylene and an alcohol such as ethanol by a reduction reaction of carbon dioxide over a long term. A cathode electrode that electrically reduces carbon dioxide, including cuprous oxide, copper, and at least one additional metal element selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, zinc, and cadmium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicants: RIKEN, CHIYODA CORPORATION, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsushi FUJII, Kayo KOIKE, Ryuhei NAKAMURA, Satoshi WADA, Dai TAKEDA, Jun MATSUMOTO, Eri TORIKAI, Takahiro YAMAMOTO, Yu MIMURA, Kiyoshi YAMAMOTO, Shinsuke NISHIDA
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Patent number: 9423559Abstract: A multi-core amplification optical fiber includes: a plurality of core portions doped with a rare-earth element; an inner cladding portion positioned at a periphery of the plurality of core portions, having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the plurality of core portions, in which a first hole is formed; and an outer cladding layer positioned at a periphery of the inner cladding portion, having a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the inner cladding portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukihiro Tsuchida, Yu Mimura
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Patent number: 9270076Abstract: An optical amplifier includes an optical gain fiber into which signal light and pump light are input and at least one relative phase shifter is inserted. Preferably, the relative phase shifter is inserted so that the relative phase in the lengthwise direction of the optical gain fiber falls within a predetermined range containing 0.5?. Preferably, the optical gain fiber is a highly non-linear optical fiber having a non-linearity constant of at least 10/W/km. Preferably, the dispersion of the optical gain fiber is within the range from ?1 ps/nm/km to 1 ps/nm/km in an amplification band. Preferably, the absolute value of the dispersion slope of the optical gain fiber at a zero dispersion wavelength is no greater than 0.05 ps/nm2/km.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigehiro Takasaka, Yu Mimura
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Patent number: 9225141Abstract: A multi-core amplification optical fiber includes a plurality of rare-earth-doped core portions and a cladding portion positioned at an outer periphery of the core portions and having refractive index lower than those of the core portions. When a doping concentration of the rare-earth of each of the core portions is 250 ppm to 2000 ppm, a relative refractive index difference of each of the core portions relative to the cladding portion is 0.5% to 2% at a wavelength of 1550 nm, and a core diameter of each of the core portions is 1 ?m to 5 ?m, a separation distance between each of the core portions and adjacent one of the core portions is set at equal to or larger than 30 ?m and at equal to or smaller than 60 ?m so that a light-crosstalk between the adjacent core portions is equal to or lower than ?30 dB.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukihiro Tsuchida, Koichi Maeda, Yu Mimura, Hiroshi Matsuura, Kengo Watanabe, Tsunetoshi Saito, Ryo Miyabe, Shigeto Matsumoto, Keiichi Aiso, Ryuichi Sugizaki
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Publication number: 20150316714Abstract: A multi-core amplification optical fiber includes: a plurality of core portions doped with a rare-earth element; an inner cladding portion positioned at a periphery of the plurality of core portions, having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the plurality of core portions, in which a first hole is formed; and an outer cladding layer positioned at a periphery of the inner cladding portion, having a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the inner cladding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yukihiro TSUCHIDA, Yu MIMURA
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Patent number: 9140850Abstract: An optical coupling structure optically coupling a plurality of core portions and a plurality of core portions includes a plurality of first core portions outputting a plurality of lights, a first lens focusing or collimating the plurality of lights outputted from the plurality of first core portions, a second lens focusing the plurality of lights focused or collimated by the first lens, a plurality of second core portions, the plurality of lights focused by the second lens being inputted into the second core portions respectively, and an optical functional component disposed between the first lens and the second lens, the plurality of lights being inputted into the optical functional component. At least one of the first lens and the second lens is configured by a lens or a lens group focusing or collimating the plurality of lights collectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., TOHOKU GAKUINInventors: Yu Mimura, Hiroshi Matsuura
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Publication number: 20150168642Abstract: An optical coupling structure optically coupling a plurality of core portions and a plurality of core portions includes a plurality of first core portions outputting a plurality of lights, a first lens focusing or collimating the plurality of lights outputted from the plurality of first core portions, a second lens focusing the plurality of lights focused or collimated by the first lens, a plurality of second core portions, the plurality of lights focused by the second lens being inputted into the second core portions respectively, and an optical functional component disposed between the first lens and the second lens, the plurality of lights being inputted into the optical functional component. At least one of the first lens and the second lens is configured by a lens or a lens group focusing or collimating the plurality of lights collectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicants: TOHOKU GAKUIN, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yu MIMURA, Hiroshi Matsuura
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Publication number: 20140240819Abstract: A multi-core amplification optical fiber includes a plurality of rare-earth-doped core portions and a cladding portion positioned at an outer periphery of the core portions and having refractive index lower than those of the core portions. When a doping concentration of the rare-earth of each of the core portions is 250 ppm to 2000 ppm, a relative refractive index difference of each of the core portions relative to the cladding portion is 0.5% to 2% at a wavelength of 1550 nm, and a core diameter of each of the core portions is 1 ?m to 5 ?m, a separation distance between each of the core portions and adjacent one of the core portions is set at equal to or larger than 30 ?m and at equal to or smaller than 60 ?m so that a light-crosstalk between the adjacent core portions is equal to or lower than ?30 dB.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yukihiro TSUCHIDA, Koichi Maeda, Yu Mimura, Hiroshi Matsuura, Kengo Watanabe, Tsunetoshi Saito, Ryo Miyabe, Shigeto Matsumoto, Keiichi Aiso, Ryuichi Sugizaki
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Publication number: 20140043674Abstract: An optical amplifier includes an optical gain fiber into which signal light and pump light are input and at least one relative phase shifter is inserted. Preferably, the relative phase shifter is inserted so that the relative phase in the lengthwise direction of the optical gain fiber falls within a predetermined range containing 0.5 ?. Preferably, the optical gain fiber is a highly non-linear optical fiber having a non-linearity constant of at least 10/W/km. Preferably, the dispersion of the optical gain fiber is within the range from ?1 ps/nm/km to 1 ps/nm/km in an amplification band. Preferably, the absolute value of the dispersion slope of the optical gain fiber at a zero dispersion wavelength is no greater than 0.05 ps/nm2/km.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiro TAKASAKA, Yu Mimura
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Patent number: 7869014Abstract: A method of simultaneously specifying the wavelength dispersion and nonlinear coefficient of an optical fiber. Pulsed probe light and pulsed pump light are first caused to enter an optical fiber to be measured. Then, the power oscillation of the back-scattered light of the probe light or idler light generated within the optical fiber is measured. Next, the instantaneous frequency of the measured power oscillation is obtained, and the dependency of the instantaneous frequency relative to the power oscillation of the pump light in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber is obtained. Thereafter, a rate of change in the longitudinal direction between phase-mismatching conditions and nonlinear coefficient of the optical fiber is obtained from the dependency of the instantaneous frequency. And based on the rate of change, the longitudinal wavelength-dispersion distribution and longitudinal nonlinear-coefficient distribution of the optical fiber are simultaneously specified.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masateru Tadakuma, Yu Mimura, Misao Sakano, Osamu Aso, Takeshi Nakajima, Katsutoshi Takahashi
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Patent number: 7809223Abstract: A polarization-maintaining optical fiber includes a core region and a cladding region formed around the core region. The cladding region has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the core region. A refractive index profile of the core region is either one of a step shaped or a concave shaped. The cladding region includes two holes formed in such a manner that a shortest distance from the core region is virtually zero at locations in opposite to each other across the core region.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., LtdInventors: Ryo Miyabe, Yu Mimura
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Patent number: 7679744Abstract: The invention provides a Stokes parameter measurement device and Stokes parameter measurement method that enable high-precision measurement. The Stokes parameter measurement device comprises a polarization splitting device which comprises an optical element formed of a birefringent crystal material and which, by means of the optical element, splits signal light to be measured into a plurality of polarized light beams and adjusts the polarization state of one or more among the plurality of polarized light beams, and a light-receiving portion for performing photoelectric conversion of an optical component of the signal light split by and emitted from the polarization splitting device.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mieko Yamagaki, Yu Mimura, Kazuyou Mizuno, Takeshi Takagi
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Publication number: 20090273784Abstract: The invention provides a Stokes parameter measurement device and Stokes parameter measurement method that enable high-precision measurement. The Stokes parameter measurement device comprises a polarization splitting device which comprises an optical element formed of a birefringent crystal material and which, by means of the optical element, splits signal light to be measured into a plurality of polarized light beams and adjusts the polarization state of one or more among the plurality of polarized light beams, and a light-receiving portion for performing photoelectric conversion of an optical component of the signal light split by and emitted from the polarization splitting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2007Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co, Ltd.Inventors: Mieko Yamagaki, Yu Mimura, Kazuyou Mizuno, Takeshi Takagi
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Patent number: 7529453Abstract: An optical fiber includes a core region and a cladding region. The cladding region includes a first cladding region on outer circumference of the core region, which includes a main-medium region and a sub-medium region having a refractive index lower than that of the main-medium region. The sub-medium region includes a plurality of inner sub-medium regions arranged along the outer circumference of the core region and a plurality of outer sub-medium regions arranged on outer of the inner sub-medium regions. The outer sub-medium regions have a lateral cross section larger than that of the inner sub-medium regions.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Miyabe, Yu Mimura
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Patent number: 7502540Abstract: An optical fiber includes a core region and a cladding region. The cladding region includes a first cladding region on an outer circumference of the core region, the first cladding region including a main-medium region and a sub-medium region having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the main-medium region. The sub-medium region includes inner sub-medium regions arranged at four folds rotationally symmetric centering on the core region, and outer sub-medium regions arranged at four folds rotationally symmetric centering on the core region on an outer side of the inner sub-medium regions.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Miyabe, Yu Mimura
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Publication number: 20080292251Abstract: A polarization-maintaining optical fiber includes a core region and a cladding region formed around the core region. The cladding region has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the core region. A refractive index profile of the core region is either one of a step shaped or a concave shaped. The cladding region includes two holes formed in such a manner that a shortest distance from the core region is virtually zero at locations in opposite to each other across the core region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Miyabe, Yu Mimura
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Publication number: 20080225276Abstract: A method of simultaneously specifying the wavelength dispersion and nonlinear coefficient of an optical fiber. Pulsed probe light and pulsed pump light are first caused to enter an optical fiber to be measured. Then, the power oscillation of the back-scattered light of the probe light or idler light generated within the optical fiber is measured. Next, the instantaneous frequency of the measured power oscillation is obtained, and the dependency of the instantaneous frequency relative to the power oscillation of the pump light in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber is obtained. Thereafter, a rate of change in the longitudinal direction between phase-mismatching conditions and nonlinear coefficient of the optical fiber is obtained from the dependency of the instantaneous frequency. And based on the rate of change, the longitudinal wavelength-dispersion distribution and longitudinal nonlinear-coefficient distribution of the optical fiber are simultaneously specified.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masateru Tadakuma, Yu Mimura, Misao Sakano, Osamu Aso, Takeshi Nakajima, Katsutoshi Takahashi
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Patent number: 7424191Abstract: A method of simultaneously specifying the wavelength dispersion and nonlinear coefficient of an optical fiber. Pulsed probe light and pulsed pump light are first caused to enter an optical fiber to be measured. Then, the power oscillation of the back-scattered light of the probe light or idler light generated within the optical fiber is measured. Next, the instantaneous frequency of the measured power oscillation is obtained, and the dependency of the instantaneous frequency relative to the power oscillation of the pump light in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber is obtained. Thereafter, a rate of change in the longitudinal direction between phase-mismatching conditions and nonlinear coefficient of the optical fiber is obtained from the dependency of the instantaneous frequency. And based on the rate of change, the longitudinal wavelength-dispersion distribution and longitudinal nonlinear-coefficient distribution of the optical fiber are simultaneously specified.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masateru Tadakuma, Yu Mimura, Misao Sakano, Osamu Aso, Takeshi Nakajima, Katsutoshi Takahashi
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Publication number: 20080159704Abstract: The present invention can easily realize an optical fiber and an optical transmission line that can propagate a light in a single mode while lowering a macro-bending loss and a PMD at the same time. An optical fiber 1 according to the present invention includes a cladding region 8 having a refractive index lower than that of a core region 2 on outer circumference of the core region 2. The cladding region 8 includes a first cladding region 3 in which a plurality of sub-medium regions 5a to 5d and 6a to 6h are arranged in multilayer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO, LTD.Inventors: Ryo Miyabe, Yu Mimura