Abstract: A ranging and communication multifunction system processable by integrating a ranging function and a communication function is provided. The ranging and communication multifunction system 1 of the present invention includes a transmission unit 2 and a receiving unit 3, and integrates two functions of ranging and communication. The transmission unit 2 includes a transmission circuit 4, a carrier wave modulation device 5, and a transmission antenna 6, and the receiving unit 3 includes a receiving circuit 7, a wave detector 8, a low noise amplifier (LNA) 9, and a receiving antenna 10. The data modulation performed in the transmission circuit 4 uses a PPM system. The receiving circuit 7 provides a ranging circuit 11 and a communication circuit 12 separately, so that the demodulation processing of ranging and communication can be performed in parallel.

Abstract: Any one of the reversing portions of the flat cables is positioned in the sighting window when the inner case is in the neutral state. A prescribed mark is attached to the reversing portion which is positioned in the sighting window when the inner case is in the neutral state. Thus, it can be determined that the inner case is in the neutral state when the prescribed mark is attached to the reversing portion sighted through the sighting window.

Abstract: A copper alloy for electric and electronic equipments, containing from 0.5 to 4.0 mass % of Ni, from 0.5 to 2.0 mass % of Co, and from 0.3 to 1.5 mass % of Si, with the balance of copper and inevitable impurities, wherein R{200} is 0.3 or more, in which the R{200} is a proportion of a diffraction intensity from a {200} plane of the following diffraction intensities and is represented by R{200}=I{200}/(I{111}+I{200}+I{220}+I{311}), I{111} is a diffraction intensity from a {111} plane, I{200} is a diffraction intensity from a {200} plane, I{220} is a diffraction intensity from a {220} plane, and I{311} is a diffraction intensity from a {311} plane, each at the material surface.

Abstract: An optical fiber includes a core region having a first refractive index and a cladding region having a second refractive index lower than the first refractive index on an outer circumference of the core region. The cladding region includes four holes formed to have a four-fold rotational symmetry with respect to a center axis around the core region in a longitudinal direction, such that a zero-dispersion wavelength is 900 nm to 1150 nm and a cutoff wavelength is equal to or shorter than 950 nm.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin foam which has both high reflectance and superior shape-retention properties, suitable for use in backlights and illumination boxes for illumination signboards, lighting fixtures, displays and the like. The thermoplastic resin foam is manufactured by a manufacturing method including a procedure for holding a resin sheet composed of thermoplastic resin (A) and thermoplastic resin (B), which has a functional group having an affinyty with thermoplastic resin (A), within a pressurized inert gas atmosphere to enable the resin sheet to contain inert gas, and a procedure for foaming by heating the resin sheet containing inert gas at a temperature higher than the softening temperature of thermoplastic resin, under normal pressure.

Abstract: An optical power supply type sensing system includes: an optical directivity coupler (6) mounted in a sensor unit (1); a photo-electric converter (4) connected to a first optical fiber (5) among the first to the third optical fiber (5, 7, 8) connected to the optical directivity coupler (6); an optical output device (3) connected to the second optical fiber (7); and a measurement device (10) connected to the third optical fiber (8) drawn out of the sensor unit (1).

Abstract: Optical fibers to form an optical transmission line suitable for WDM transmission in a wide-spreading wavelength band, having the following characteristics and parameters: a dispersion in absolute value of 0.5 ps/nm/km to 9 ps/nm/km in a wavelength band of 1430 nm to 1625 nm, a dispersion slope in absolute value of 0.04 ps/nm2/km or less at a wavelength of 1550 nm, a mode field diameter of 7 ?m or less at a wavelength of 1550 nm and a cable cutoff wavelength of less than 1430 nm; core 11 surrounded by cladding 7, core 11 being at least two-layered (first layer 1 at the center and second layer 2 surrounding the first layer; relative refractive index of glass layer ?1 with reference to the cladding being adjusted to not less than 0.6 but not more than 1.6%, relative refractive index of second layer ?2 with reference to the cladding being adjusted to a negative value.

Abstract: Colloidal silica particles containing a fluorescent dye compound, composed of a silica particle containing a silica component and a fluorescent dye compound chemically bound or adsorbed thereto, wherein the colloidal silica particles containing a fluorescent dye compound have an average diameter of 30 nm or less, and wherein said silica particles are used simultaneously as fluorescent-labelling nanobeads; a fluorescent nano-material comprising said colloidal silica particles; and a biochip and an assay method using the same.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A technology for preventing cracks from occurring in a light reflector plate fabricated by forming a synthetic resin reflector plate into a three-dimensional shape and effectively preventing deformation of this light reflector plate is provided. A folding groove part 6 is provided on a light-reflecting plastic film or sheet 2 by continuously or intermittently forming a groove which does not penetrate the film or sheet, along a straight line on the film or sheet. Then, the film or sheet is folded along this folding groove part.

Abstract: A tension-absorbing cladding layer is formed around a cladding layer, with a refractive index equal to that of a center core region or higher. The center core region has a relative refractive index difference of ?0.1% to 0% with respect to a pure silica glass, a chlorine concentration of wt % to 0.10 wt %, and a fluorine concentration of 0.10 wt % to 0.30 wt %. The tension-absorbing cladding layer has a relative refractive index difference of 0% to 0.05% with respect to the pure silica glass and a chlorine concentration of 0.15 wt % or lower. A ratio of an outer diameter of the tension-absorbing cladding layer to an outer diameter of the cladding layer is 1.10 to 1.40.

Abstract: A DFB laser assembly including both a DFB laser device, with a buried heterostructure having a cavity length of 400 ?m, a differential resistance of 4?, an emission wavelength of 1550 nm, and a thermal resistance of 50K/watt or less, and a heat sink mounting the DFB laser device in a junction-down structure so that the DFB laser device has a wavelength/current coefficient at 5 picometers/milli-ampere or less.

Abstract: An optical connector kit as described below is provided. An inserting operation of an optical fiber to be inserted into a plurality of connector parts is facilitated. All connector parts constituting an optical connector are accommodated, including a ferrule. To the ferrule, an optical fiber having a predetermined length is attached and has been subjected to end face polishing processing. The optical connector kit includes a ferrule-with-optical-fiber and an accommodating housing for accommodating all connector parts constituting an optical connector, including a ferrule-with-optical-fiber. An optical fiber having a predetermined length is attached in advance to the ferrule of the ferrule-with-optical-fiber and the end face polishing processing is carried out. The connector parts include a plurality of connector parts into which another optical fiber is inserted when the rear end of the optical fiber of the ferrule-with-optical-fiber and the tip end of another optical fiber are fusion-spliced.

Abstract: An optical fiber that transmits a signal light in a fundamental propagation mode has a cutoff wavelength longer than a wavelength of the signal light, a wavelength dispersion of the fundamental propagation mode of ?5 ps/nm/km to ?1 ps/nm/km at a wavelength of 1550 nanometers, an effective core area of the fundamental propagation mode larger than 45 ?m2 at the wavelength of 1550 nanometers, and a dispersion slope of the fundamental propagation mode smaller than 0.03 ps/nm2/km at the wavelength of 1550 nanometers.

Abstract: An active area includes a photonic-crystal optical waveguide formed by periodically arranging a plurality of holes in a primary plane direction of an active-area core layer in an active-area growth portion. A passive area includes a passive optical waveguide formed in a passive-area growth portion. An effective refractive index of a growth structure of the active-area growth portion is larger than an effective refractive index of a growth structure of the passive-area growth portion, and an active layer has a gain at a zero group-velocity point positioned on a high-frequency side of a dispersion curve of the photonic-crystal optical waveguide.

Abstract: A VCSEL device includes a polyimide having a larger thickness (d1) on the surface of a semiconductor layer structure in a peripheral area 54, which is separated from a mesapost by an annular groove 52. The top surface of the central mesapost 30 is located at a lower position compared to the top surface of the peripheral area 54. A structure is obtained wherein the mesapost is not contacted by a jig or probe during handling the device in the test or assembly thereof.

Abstract: A lock detection apparatus detecting lock of an optical phase-locked loop apparatus including a first phase detector comparing phases of an input light signal and a beat light signal to output a first phase comparison signal, a loop filter forming the first phase comparison signal, and an optical voltage controlled oscillator outputting the beat light signal based on the formed first phase comparison signal. The lock detection apparatus includes: a phase shifter shifting the phase of the beat light signal; and a second phase detector comparing the phases of the input light signal and the phase-shifted beat light signal to output a second phase comparison signal, wherein the phase shifter shifts a quantity of the phase so that the phase comparison signal may not be 0 when the phases of the two light signals compared by the second phase detector synchronize with each other to the beat light signal.

Abstract: A lever connector is provided where fitting of a connector holder is reliably performed by rotation of a lever, so that workability is excellent. In a connector holder 2, a provisionally-retaining claw 17 is provided to be elastically held by a first retaining portion 14 at a predetermined rotating position in order to restrict rotation of the lever 5. In a receptacle connector 3, a pressing projection 23 is provided to move the provisionally-retaining claw 17 to a retracted position where the provisionally-retaining claw 17 is not held by the lever 5 in a state that the connector holder 2 is at a standby position, so that restriction of rotation of the lever 5 is cancelled. On the other hand, an abutting surface of the first retaining position 14 of the lever 5 is of a mountain-like shape including a restricting surface 19 and a guiding surface 20.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pulse train generator comprising: a dual-frequency signal light source for generating a dual-frequency signal; a soliton shaper for soliton-shaping output light from the dual-frequency signal light source; and an adiabatic soliton compressor for performing adiabatic soliton compression on output light from the soliton shaper, and also provides a waveform shaper used in this pulse train generator, including a plurality of highly nonlinear optical transmission lines and a plurality of low-nonlinearity optical transmission lines which has a nonlinearity coefficient lower than that of the plurality of highly nonlinear optical transmission lines and which has a second-order dispersion value of which an absolute value is different from that of the plurality of highly nonlinear optical transmission lines.

Abstract: An optical semiconductor module including a base having installed on an optical fiber and an optical semiconductor element, and a package which houses the base on a bottom thereof and has a first side wall with an optical section through which the optical fiber is led and a second side wall facing the first side wall, where the base is cut off to form a curved surface with respect to the bottom at a lower corner on a side of the base facing the second side wall of the housing, and a ratio of r/t is from 0.4 to 1.0, where t is a thickness of the base, and r is a curvature radius of the curved surface.