Abstract: A device may receive data that identifies applications utilized by users, databases utilized by the applications, and the users, and may process the received data, with first models, to determine context data that matches the users and events associated with the applications, and task data that identifies tasks to be performed by the users in response to the events. The device may process the received data and the context data, with a second model, to generate role data that identifies user interfaces utilized by the users to access the applications, and credentials of the users, and may process the context data, the task data, and the role data, with a third model, to generate persona data that identifies personas, and assignment data that assigns each of the users to one of the personas. The device may perform actions based on the persona data and the assignment data.

Abstract: A device may receive data that identifies applications utilized by users, databases utilized by the applications, and the users, and may process the received data, with first models, to determine context data that matches the users and events associated with the applications, and task data that identifies tasks to be performed by the users in response to the events. The device may process the received data and the context data, with a second model, to generate role data that identifies user interfaces utilized by the users to access the applications, and credentials of the users, and may process the context data, the task data, and the role data, with a third model, to generate persona data that identifies personas, and assignment data that assigns each of the users to one of the personas. The device may perform actions based on the persona data and the assignment data.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the removal of foreign matter, such as oil and dust, from the end faces of optical fiber and optical fiber connectors. Cleaning is effected by bringing carbon nanotube material into contact with an end face to create a differential adhesion in the proximity of the end face that more strongly attracts foreign matter residing on the end face to the carbon nanotube material than its attraction to the end face. The carbon nanotube material is applied with cleaning swabs or tapes that are used to clean end faces with swiping actions.

Abstract: A non-kink, non-hockling optical cable comprising an optical fiber capable of propagating light along its longitudinal axis. A buffer layer made of a soft plastic material surrounds the silica core and cladding, and a supplemental layer surrounds the buffer layer. The supplemental layer consists essentially of a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) material to enhance the tensile strength of the optical fiber. Finally, an encasing polymer layer with a breaking strain greater than 30%, surrounds the supplemental layer, to increase the flexibility of the optical cable.

Abstract: Carbon nanotube based cleaning material and associated methodology for cleaning surfaces by contacting the surface with the cleaning media. An assembly of carbon nanotubes attracts unwanted foreign matter that may be present on the surface by differential adhesion to the carbon nanotubes. Afterwards, separating the assembly of carbon nanotubes from the surface operates to carry away foreign matter with the carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: A non-kink, non-hockling optical cable comprising an optical fiber capable of propagating light along its longitudinal axis. A buffer layer made of a soft plastic material surrounds the silica core and cladding, and a supplemental layer surrounds the buffer layer. The supplemental layer consists essentially of a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) material to enhance the tensile strength of the optical fiber. Finally, an encasing polymer layer with a breaking strain greater than 30%, surrounds the supplemental layer, to increase the flexibility of the optical cable.

Abstract: A packaging system having a housing for providing a hermetically sealed interior space for receiving and supporting optoelectronic components. The housing has at least one section of wall comprising a layer of liquid crystal polymer (LCP). At least one hermetically sealed electrical port is formed in the LCP wall section over a predetermined area and comprises a layer of metal adhered to and overlying the predetermined area on the of the LCP wall section. An electrode passes through the metal from the exterior of the system to the interior space to provide an electrical communication path between the optoelectronic components and the exterior of said packaging system. A solder joint is formed between the electrode and the layer of metal to provide a hermetic connection between the layer of metal and the electrode to assure that the hermeticity of the housing remains unchanged with the electrical port present.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the removal of foreign matter, such as oil and dust, from the end faces of optical fiber and optical fiber connectors. Cleaning is effected by bringing carbon nanotube material into contact with an end face to create a differential adhesion in the proximity of the end face that more strongly attracts foreign matter residing on the end face to the carbon nanotube material than its attraction to the end face. The carbon nanotube material is applied with cleaning swabs or tapes that are used to clean end faces with swiping actions.

Abstract: An electrically conducting wire structure and a method for its manufacture where the wire structure has at least one elongated electrically conducting wire and a liquid crystal polymer and thermoplastic blended coating of insulation preferably formed by cross-head extrusion as a layer around the electrically conducting wire. An abrasion layer is preferably formed over the liquid crystal polymer coating to increase abrasion resistance, the elongated electrically conducting wire is selected from the group comprising copper, silver, tinned copper, aluminum, and conducting polymers, and the liquid crystal polymer material comprises a thermotropic thermoplastic.

Abstract: An electrically conducting wire structure and a method for its manufacture where the wire structure has at least one elongated electrically conducting wire and a liquid crystal polymer coating of insulation formed by cross-head extrusion as a layer around the electrically conducting wire. An abrasion layer is preferably formed over the liquid crystal polymer coating, the elongated electrically conducting wire is selected from the group that includes copper, silver, tinned copper, aluminum, and conducting polymers, and the liquid crystal polymer material is a thermotropic thermoplastic.

Abstract: A packaging system having a housing for providing a hermetically sealed interior space for receiving and supporting optoelectronic components. The housing has at least one section of wall comprising a layer of liquid crystal polymer (LCP). At least one hermetically sealed electrical port is formed in the LCP wall section over a predetermined area and comprises a layer of metal adhered to and overlying the predetermined area on the of the LCP wall section. An electrode passes through the metal from the exterior of the system to the interior space to provide an electrical communication path between the optoelectronic components and the exterior of said packaging system. A solder joint is formed between the electrode and the layer of metal to provide a hermetic connection between the layer of metal and the electrode to assure that the hermeticity of the housing remains unchanged with the electrical port present.

Abstract: The invention relates to high-strength, abrasion-resistant optical fiber cable having a supplemental layer consisting essentially of a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) to enhance the cable's tensile strength and hermetically seal it, and an outermost encasing layer to protect the LCP supplemental layer from damage that could otherwise diminish the tensile strength or destroy the moisture barrier properties of the cable gained by adding the supplemental liquid crystal polymer layer. The encasing layer is preferably a thin layer of a smooth, non-crystalline thermoplastic that can be easily removed with chemicals that do not affect the properties of the supplemental layer so that the supplemental layer can be made accessible for promoting the formation of hermetically sealed interfaces between the cable and other structures. Cross-head extrusion methods for coating optical fibers with LCP and encasing layers are described along with laser and ultrasonic bonding techniques for fabricating hermetic packages.

Abstract: The invention relates to high-strength, abrasion-resistant optical fiber cable having a supplemental layer consisting essentially of a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) to enhance the cable's tensile strength and hermetically seal it, and an outermost encasing layer to protect the LCP supplemental layer from damage that could otherwise diminish the tensile strength or destroy the moisture barrier properties of the cable gained by adding the supplemental liquid crystal polymer layer. The encasing layer is preferably a thin layer of a smooth, non-crystalline thermoplastic that can be easily removed with chemicals that do not affect the properties of the supplemental layer so that the supplemental layer can be made accessible for promoting the formation of hermetically sealed interfaces between the cable and other structures. Cross-head extrusion methods for coating optical fibers with LCP and encasing layers are described along with laser and ultrasonic bonding techniques for fabricating hermetic packages.

Abstract: This invention relates to the use of liquid crystal (LCP) blends for use as buffer layers in optical fiber cables to enhance strength and flexibility so as to meet the demanding requirements imposed on such cables for use in aircraft and the like. The inventive optical fiber cable comprises one or more optical fibers having a core having a given index of refraction and a cladding layer surrounding the core and having an index of refraction lower than that of the core so that the two in combination are capable of propagating light along the length of the fiber cable. At least one exterior buffer layer surrounds the cladding, the exterior buffer layer comprising a liquid crystal polymer and thermoplastic blended coating formed as a layer around the cladding, preferably by cross-head extrusion. The thermoplastic has properties such that the blended coating has a strain at break larger than the liquid crystal polymer would otherwise have acting alone.

Abstract: An electrically conducting wire structure and a method for its manufacture where the wire structure has at least one elongated electrically conducting wire and a liquid crystal polymer coating of insulation formed by cross-head extrusion as a layer around the electrically conducting wire. An abrasion layer is preferably formed over the liquid crystal polymer coating to increase abrasion resistance, the elongated electrically conducting wire is selected from the group comprising copper, silver, tinned copper, aluminum, and conducting polymers, and the liquid crystal polymer material comprises a thermotropic thermoplastic.

Abstract: The invention relates to high-strength, abrasion-resistant optical fiber cable having a supplemental layer consisting essentially of a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) to enhance the cable's tensile strength and hermetically seal it, and an outermost encasing layer to protect the LCP supplemental layer from damage that could otherwise diminish the tensile strength or destroy the moisture barrier properties of the cable gained by adding the supplemental liquid crystal polymer layer. The encasing layer is preferably a thin layer of a smooth, non-crystalline thermoplastic that can be easily removed with chemicals that do not affect the properties of the supplemental layer so that the supplemental layer can be made accessible for promoting the formation of hermetically sealed interfaces between the cable and other structures. Cross-head extrusion methods for coating optical fibers with LCP and encasing layers are described along with laser and ultrasonic bonding techniques for fabricating hermetic packages.

Abstract: The invention relates to high-strength, abrasion-resistant optical fiber cable having a supplemental layer consisting essentially of a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) to enhance the cable's tensile strength and hermetically seal it, and an outermost encasing layer to protect the LCP supplemental layer from damage that could otherwise diminish the tensile strength or destroy the moisture barrier properties of the cable gained by adding the supplemental liquid crystal polymer layer. The encasing layer is preferably a thin layer of a smooth, non-crystalline thermoplastic that can be easily removed with chemicals that do not affect the properties of the supplemental layer so that the supplemental layer can be made accessible for promoting the formation of hermetically sealed interfaces between the cable and other structures. Cross-head extrusion methods for coating optical fibers with LCP and encasing layers are described along with laser and ultrasonic bonding techniques for fabricating hermetic packages.

Abstract: The invention relates to optical fibers provided with exterior buffer layers of liquid crystal polymer to enhance optical fiber cable strength and promote the fabrication of hermetically sealed ported packages for housing electro-optical components. Cross-head extrusion methods for coating optical fibers with LCP buffers are described along with laser and ultrasonic bonding techniques for fabricating hermetic packages.

Abstract: The present invention relates to integrated optic modulator devices and methods for their fabrication. Lithium niobate substrates have waveguides fabricated in them for propagating light energy, preferably in Mach Zhender architectures. The waveguides are bordered by adjacent electrode metallizations of low resistivity, such as copper and silver, to provide the devices with high gain bandwidth products to reduce the cost of drive electronics and simplify processing procedures. Gain bandwidth products exceed 4.5×105.

Abstract: A high fidelity, multi-output optical transmission system is configured utilizing a high power continuous wave YAG laser, multiport splitters, and linearized external modulation. An electro-optical modulator design in combination with a continuous wave laser, power splits and couplers attains a multi-octave bandwidth transmitter possessing improved second and third order distortion characteristics. The system includes multiple individually modulated transmitter outputs which effectively provides bandwidth multiplication with full redundancy for increased transmission reliability.