Abstract: Provided is a glass substrate heat chamfering method. An edge of a glass substrate (100) is chamfered by applying thermal shock to the edge of the glass substrate (100), thereby peeling a strip (100a) off from the edge of the glass substrate (100). The strip is cut at a predetermined point thereon before being broken due to the weight thereof. The strip (100a) is cut by applying at least one of heat and a laser beam to the predetermined point or by applying a flame (300a) of a torch (300) to the predetermined point. The application of the thermal shock includes brining a heating element (210) into contact with the edge of the glass substrate (100). In the chamfering, the heating element (210) is relatively moved along the edge of the glass substrate (100) while being brought into contact with the edge of the glass substrate (100).

Abstract: Laminated structures include a thin glass sheet with a thickness of less than 600 ?m being attached to a metal sheet with an adhesive layer including a thickness of about 100 ?m or less. These laminated structures can include planar or curved shapes. Methods of manufacturing a laminated structure are also provided including the step of attaching a glass sheet with a thickness of less than 600 ?m to a metal sheet with an adhesive layer including a thickness of about 300 ?m or less.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) assembly (100), comprising: a diode superstructure (110) comprising a cathode (140), an anode (120) having a refractive index of na, and an organic light emitting semiconductor material (160) interposed between the cathode (140) and the anode (120); and a light diffracting substructure (150) providing a scattering cross section of light from the diode superstructure (110). The light diffracting substructure (150) comprises: a transparent substrate (156), a plurality of nanoparticles (154) in contact with the substrate (156) and having a refractive index of ns, and a planarization layer (152) over the nanoparticles (154) and having a refractive index of np. Further, np is within 25% of na and ns>np In addition, ns>about 1.9.

Abstract: Laminated structures include a thin glass sheet with a thickness of less than 600 ?m being attached to a metal sheet with an adhesive layer including a thickness of about 100 ?m or less. These laminated structures can include planar or curved shapes. Methods of manufacturing a laminated structure are also provided including the step of attaching a glass sheet with a thickness of less than 600 ?m to a metal sheet with an adhesive layer including a thickness of about 300 ?m or less.

Abstract: A laminate including a glass sheet and a first polymer layer laminated to a first surface of the glass sheet. The glass sheet has a thickness of from 5 to 500 microns, and the first polymer layer provides a coating factor (F) to the glass sheet. The laminate is curved so that a second surface of the glass sheet is disposed in a concave shape; and the coating factor (F) is less than 1. A second polymer layer may be disposed on the second surface of the glass sheet, and its properties may be chosen relative to those of the first polymer layer so as to reduce the maximum principle stress-due to a bending moment-in the glass as compared to a bare glass sheet.

Abstract: A laminate including a glass sheet (10) and a first polymer layer (20) laminated to a first surface of the glass sheet. The glass sheet has a thickness of from 5 to 500 microns, and the first polymer layer provides a coating factor (F) to the glass sheet, wherein the coating factor (F) is defined by the following formula F=(1???2)/(1+??2), wherein ?=[Ep1 (1?vg2)]/[Eg (1?vp12)], [?=tp1/tg, Ep1=Young's Modulus of the first polymer, tp1=thickness of the first polymer, vp1=Poisson's Ratio of the first polymer, Eg=Young's Modulus of the glass, tg=thickness of the glass, and vg=Poisson's Ratio of the glass. The laminate is curved so that a second surface of the glass sheet is disposed in a concave shape; and the coating factor (F) is less than 1.

Abstract: Laminated structures include a thin glass sheet with a thickness of less than 600 ?m being attached to a metal sheet with an adhesive layer including a thickness of about 100 ?m or less. These laminated structures can include planar or curved shapes. Methods of manufacturing a laminated structure are also provided including the step of attaching a glass sheet with a thickness of less than 600 ?m to a metal sheet with an adhesive layer including a thickness of about 300 ?m or less.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an optical waveguide and method of use includes a grating which has a grating parameter that is adapted for dynamically variable non-uniform alteration. The non-uniform alteration of the grating parameter results in the introduction of a predetermined amount of chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope into an optical signal traversing the waveguide. According to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an optical apparatus and method of use includes a plurality of optical waveguides each of which have an optical grating and at least one of the waveguide gratings has a grating parameter that is adapted for dynamically variable non-uniform alteration. The optical apparatus further includes a device, which dynamically varies the grating parameters of each of the waveguides to selectively introduce chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope into an optical signal traversing the apparatus.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an optical waveguide and method of use includes a grating which has a grating parameter that is adapted for dynamically variable non-uniform alteration. The non-uniform alteration of the grating parameter results in the introduction of a predetermined amount of chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope into an optical signal traversing the waveguide.

Abstract: A multiplexer/demultiplexer for routing different wavelength signals between a common pathway for conveying a plurality of the signals, and individual pathways for separately conveying the signals includes a reflective diffraction grating with reduced polarization sensitivity for dispersing the signals. The grating includes facets that are oriented for reducing efficiency variations within a transmission bandwidth and that are shaped for reducing differences between the diffraction efficiencies in two orthogonal directions of differentiation.

Abstract: A method of measuring the polarization mode dispersion of a chromatic dispersion compensating optical waveguide device is provided. A force is applied multiple times to the spool flanges of a chromatic dispersion compensating optical waveguide device in order to obtain a plurality of polarization mode dispersion values which have a distribution characteristic of a Maxwellian distribution and provide a mean polarization mode dispersion value for the optical waveguide device.

Abstract: A multiplexer/demultiplexer for routing different wavelength signals between a common pathway for conveying a plurality of the signals, and individual pathways for separately conveying the signals includes a reflective diffraction grating with reduced polarization sensitivity for dispersing the signals. The grating includes facets that are oriented for reducing efficiency variations within a transmission bandwidth and that are shaped for reducing differences between the diffraction efficiencies in two orthogonal directions of differentiation.