Abstract: An embodiment optical device includes a glass plate, a first trench disposed in the glass plate, and a second trench disposed in the glass plate. The second trench crosses the first trench, and the first trench has an open end in a first wall of the second trench. The optical device includes a waveguide disposed inside the first trench, where the waveguide is formed of a material having a refractive index different from that of the glass plate, and a mirror on a second wall of the second trench opposite the first wall and waveguide. The optical device includes an encapsulation layer filling the second trench and covering all of an upper surface of the waveguide and having a refractive index that is different from the waveguide and the glass plate.

Abstract: An optical fiber includes a core, an inner cladding surrounding the core, and an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding. A mean relative refractive index difference ?1 of the core, a mean relative refractive index difference ?2 of the inner cladding, and a mean relative refractive index difference ?3 of the outer cladding satisfy a relationship of ?1>?3??2. A ratio r2/r1 of an inner cladding radius r2 to a core radius r1 is 4.5 or higher and 5.5 or lower. A minimum value ?min of a relative refractive index difference is ?0.030% or higher and ?0.010% or lower. A radius rmin at which the relative refractive index difference is the minimum value ?min satisfies a relationship of r1<rmin<r2. (?min??(r1))/(rmin?r1) is ?0.002%/?m or lower, where ?(r1) denotes the relative refractive index difference with the core radius r1.

Abstract: A connection system may include fiber optic connectors and an optical receptacle into which the connectors are plugged. The fiber optic connectors are constructed so that the width of the connectors is small. Eight fiber optic connectors can be received in an opening of a QSFP style transceiver.

Abstract: A system supporting a cable to a building is provided. The system includes a device interposed between the cable and the building. The device includes a first portion. The device includes a second portion. The device includes a frangible segment having a break threshold. The frangible segment retains the first and second portions together below the break threshold and releases the first portion from the second portion upon the break threshold being reached.

Abstract: Optical switch and modulator devices are described, usable for Terahertz data communication rates. The device comprising an optically transmissive substrate configured for propagating electromagnetic radiation therethrough and a metamaterial arrangement optically coupled to said substrate. The metamaterial arrangement comprises at least one layer of metamaterial particles optically coupled to at least some portion of said optically transmissive substrate, and at least one nanomesh layer made of at least one electrically conducting material placed over at least some portion of the at least one metamaterial layer.

Abstract: A ferrule mold having a reverse-image of a through-hole array for optical fibers is formed. A non-polymeric ferrule material is deposited in the reverse-image mold, followed by removing the mold to create a multi-fiber connector ferrule having at least two fiber through-holes. An optical fiber is inserted in each through-hole until each fiber endface is positioned approximately even with a connection surface of the ferrule. A fiber recess for each of the optical fibers is formed such that each fiber is recessed from the multi-fiber ferrule connection surface by a distance of at least 0.1 micron. The recess may be formed by differential polishing of the non-polymeric ferrule and endfaces of the optical fibers. Alternatively, a layer of spacer material may be deposited over the multi-fiber ferrule connection surface. An antireflection coating is deposited over the ferrule connection surface and ends of the recessed fibers.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical splitter of the present disclosure includes: performing first processing that involves mounting a coated optical fiber on a jig configured to store the coated optical fiber, and polishing the coated optical fiber together with the jig until reaching a vicinity of a core of the coated optical fiber or the core of the coated optical fiber; performing second processing that involves applying a refractive index matching material having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the core of the coated optical fiber onto a polished face of the coated optical fiber on the jig polished in the first processing or onto a polished face of an optical waveguide circuit having been polished in advance until reaching a vicinity of a core or reaching the core, and then bonding the polished faces to each other; and performing third processing that involves positionally aligning the polished faces bonded with each other in the second processing to move the jig or the optical wavegu

Abstract: Multiplexed reflection and transmission gratings, and methods of their manufacture, are provided that improve uniformity with laser light, that is, reduced banding and other illumination artifacts occurring in waveguides. The mechanism for this can be the multiple reflections between the waveguide reflecting surfaces and the reflection hologram, which promote illumination averaging as beam propagation processes within a waveguide. In some gratings, a beam splitter layer overlapping the multiplexed gratings can be provided for the purposes of reducing banding in a laser-illuminated waveguide. The beam splitter can be provided by one or more dielectric layers. The beamsplitter can have sensitivity to one polarization. The beamsplitter can be sensitive to S-polarization. The beam splitter can be an anti-reflection coating optimized for normal incidence that becomes reflective at high TIR angles when immersed in glass or plastic.

Abstract: An optical cable including a rollable optical fiber ribbon is provided. The optical cable includes a plurality of loose tubes, and a plurality of rollable optical fiber ribbons are disposed inside each loose tube. A plurality of loose tubes are disposed at the periphery of the central strength member. The length of each rollable optical fiber ribbon disposed inside the loose tube is 1% or more longer than the length of the corresponding loose tube. Compared to an optical cable including a conventional ribbon, the optical fiber has a higher density and preferred transmission performance.

Abstract: A device includes a plurality of first switches. Each first switch includes a set of two or more first channels. Each first switch is configured to shift photons in the set of first channels by zero or more channels, based on first configuration information provided to the first switch. The device further includes a plurality of second switches. Each second switch includes a corresponding set of two or more second channels. The plurality of second switches is coupled to two or more output channels. Each second switch is coupled, by the set of second channels, to outputs of two or more first switches. Each second switch is configured to shift photons in the set of second channels by zero or more channels, based on second configuration information provided to the second switch so that photons are provided to respective output channels of the two or more output channels.

Abstract: A structured optical fiber cabling system configured to connect first and second layers of switches in a mesh network is disclosed. The system comprises groups of fiber optic ports arranged side-by-side, with each group including a plurality of the fiber optic ports distributed in a vertical direction. A plurality of fiber optic jumper assemblies each include a horizontal segment and a plurality of legs and fiber optic connectors extending from the horizontal segment, with each fiber optic connector configured to connect to a corresponding fiber optic port of the plurality of the fiber optic ports at the same vertical location in each group of the array.

Abstract: An optical device includes: a base that includes a main surface; a movable unit that includes an optical function unit; and an elastic support unit that is connected between the base and the movable unit, and supports the movable unit so that the movable unit is movable along a first direction perpendicular to the main surface. The elastic support unit includes a lever, a first torsion support portion that extends along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and is connected between the lever and the movable unit, and a second torsion support portion that extends along the second direction and is connected between the lever and the base. A torsional spring constant of the first torsion support portion is greater than a torsional spring constant of the second torsion support portion.

Abstract: An optoelectronic element is located in a package. The package includes a first optical block and a second optical block that are attached to each other by a bonding layer. One of the first and second optical blocks is attached to lateral walls of the package by glue. The material of the bonding layer is configured to induce less stress to the first and second optical blocks than the glue.

Abstract: A fiber structure includes first and second optical fibers disposed such that end portions thereof butt, a sheet-shaped saturable absorber including a carbon nanotube and disposed between the end portion of the first optical fiber and the end portion of the second optical fiber, and a housing internally accommodating the end portion of the first optical fiber and the end portion of the second optical fiber. A space in the housing including the saturable absorber is airtight.

Abstract: A structured surface reduces optical reflectance at a predetermined wavelength in a first wavelength range extending from 600 nm to 1700 nm. The structured surface includes a plurality of parallel linear structures arranged along a first direction and extending along an orthogonal second direction. Each linear structure includes opposing nonlinear facets meeting at a peak extending along the second direction. An average spacing between the peaks of adjacent linear structures is less than the predetermined wavelength, such that for light having the predetermined wavelength and incident on the structured surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions, the structured surface has a reflectance Rx<0.5% for light polarized along the first direction and a reflectance Ry<0.5% for light polarized along the second direction, where an absolute value of Rx?Ry is less than 0.3%. An optical ferrule may have an exit surface that includes the structured surface.

Abstract: A telecommunications enclosure extender couples a first telecommunications enclosure to a second telecommunications enclosure. The extender has enlarged heads that mount at seal arrangement mounting locations of the first and second telecommunications enclosures.

Abstract: Passive optical couplers having passive optical activity indicators and methods of operating the same are disclosed. An example passive optical coupler for passively coupling first and second optical fibers includes a housing including: a first port configured to receive an end of a first optical fiber, and a second port configured to receive an end of a second optical fiber; and a passive optical activity indicator positioned at least partially within the housing, wherein a first portion of the passive optical activity indicator is exposed through the housing, and wherein the passive optical activity indicator is configured to passively illuminate in response to (i) first light propagating in the first optical fiber when the end of the first optical fiber is received in the first port, and (ii) second light propagating in the second optical fiber when the end of the second optical fiber is received in the second port.

Abstract: A fiber optic adaptor includes a main shell body and an outer cover. The main shell body has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion defines a first opening and is formed with two engaging grooves. The outer cover is removably disposed on and covering the first end portion, and has a cover body portion, two locking clips, and an identifier portion. The two locking clips protrudes from the cover and respectively engage the engaging grooves. The identifier portion is disposed on the cover body portion. The locking clips are operable to be removed respectively from the engaging grooves. The cover body portion defines a port outer opening, and a port key portion.

Abstract: An optical device includes a waveguide including a first medium, which is transparent and has a first index of refraction at a target wavelength and which has mutually-parallel first and second surfaces arranged so that light at the target wavelength propagates within the waveguide by internal reflection between the first and second surfaces. A coupling layer is disposed over the first surface of the waveguide and includes a second medium having a second index of refraction at the target wavelength, which is greater than the first index of refraction, and is patterned to define a periodic array of cylinders, which have respective cylinder axes perpendicular to the first surface and have respective heights and diameters that are smaller than the target wavelength, and which are spaced apart such that a distance between each of the cylinders and a neighboring cylinder in the array is less than the target wavelength.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and architecture for thermal waveguide-based phase shifters which improve thermal efficiency by having multi-pass waveguides arranged under the heating element in a serpentine fashion, with the waveguides having mismatched propagation constants. The combination allows for an increase in phase shift without increasing the length or the power consumption of the resistive heating element by increasing the total length of waveguide being heated by a singular heating element.