Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of electrode films on a substrate, spaced from one another in a first direction. A charge storage film is provided on a side face the electrode films via a first insulating film. A semiconductor film is provided on a side face of the charge storage film via a second insulating film. The charge storage film includes a plurality of insulator regions contacting the first insulating film, a plurality of semiconductor or conductor regions provided between the insulator regions and another insulator region.

Abstract: A bonding apparatus for bonding a second object to a first object, including a holding unit configured to hold a sheet with the second object stuck thereto, a protrusion mechanism configured to protrude the second object to a side of the first object via the sheet held by the holding unit, a measurement unit configured to measure, with respect to the first object, a position of the second object stuck to the sheet held by the holding unit, and a processing unit configured to perform a process of positioning the first object and the second object based on the position measured by the measurement unit in a state in which the second object is protruded to the side of the first object by the protrusion mechanism.

Abstract: A lighting system includes a plurality of lighting devices and a control device. The plurality of lighting devices are installed in a facility. The control device controls the plurality of lighting devices. The control device controls lighting light projected by at least one lighting device, belonging to the plurality of lighting devices, into colored lighting light, of which a color is different from a color white, to give, upon acquiring information about an event in question, a sign depending on the event in question.

Abstract: A brake control device includes a first braking unit and a second braking unit for applying braking force to wheels of a vehicle. The second braking unit generates auxiliary braking force when actual braking force generated by the first braking unit is short by a predetermined amount. This brake control device includes a determination unit that determines whether a delay correlation value correlated with response delay of the actual braking force is within an allowable range when the auxiliary braking force is generated, and a control unit that executes auxiliary reduction control for reducing the auxiliary braking force when the determination unit determines that the delay correlation value is within the allowable range.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle braking control device applicable to a vehicle equipped with an electric-powered parking braking device, a hydraulic braking device and a regenerative braking device. The braking control device comprises a first braking control unit and a second braking control unit. When a parking braking operation is performed while the vehicle is travelling, the first braking control unit implements a first braking process which increases the braking force to the vehicle by operating the hydraulic braking device. When the braking force to the vehicle needs to be increased in a situation where the first braking process is being implemented, the second braking control unit implements a second braking process which increases the braking force to the vehicle by operating the regenerative braking device.

Abstract: Provided is a clutch device configured so that close contactability between a cam surface of a center clutch and a cam surface of a pressure clutch can be improved and torque transmission can be stabilized accordingly. The clutch device (100) includes a center clutch (105) and a pressure clutch (112). The center clutch (105) includes center-side cam portions (107), a pressure clutch slide portion (106), and a lifter plate slide portion (110). The pressure clutch (112) includes pressure-side cam portions (114), a lifter plate (116), and a second center clutch slide portion (113). The lifter plate (116) includes first center clutch slide portions (120). A clearance (C2) between the second center clutch slide portion (113) and the pressure clutch slide portion (106) is set greater than a clearance (C1) between the first center clutch slide portion (120) and the lifter plate slide portion (110).

Abstract: A brake control device includes a first braking unit and a second braking unit for applying braking force to wheels of a vehicle. The second braking unit generates auxiliary braking force when actual braking force generated by the first braking unit is short by a predetermined amount. This brake control device includes a determination unit that determines whether a delay correlation value correlated with response delay of the actual braking force is within an allowable range when the auxiliary braking force is generated, and a control unit that executes auxiliary reduction control for reducing the auxiliary braking force when the determination unit determines that the delay correlation value is within the allowable range.

Abstract: Provided is a clutch device configured so that close contactability between a cam surface of a center clutch and a cam surface of a pressure clutch can be improved and torque transmission can be stabilized accordingly. The clutch device (100) includes a center clutch (105) and a pressure clutch (112). The center clutch (105) includes center-side cam portions (107), a pressure clutch slide portion (106), and a lifter plate slide portion (110). The pressure clutch (112) includes pressure-side cam portions (114), a lifter plate (116), and a second center clutch slide portion (113). The lifter plate (116) includes first center clutch slide portions (120). A clearance (C2) between the second center clutch slide portion (113) and the pressure clutch slide portion (106) is set greater than a clearance (C1) between the first center clutch slide portion (120) and the lifter plate slide portion (110).

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle braking control device applicable to a vehicle equipped with an electric-powered parking braking device, a hydraulic braking device and a regenerative braking device. The braking control device comprises a first braking control unit and a second braking control unit. When a parking braking operation is performed while the vehicle is travelling, the first braking control unit implements a first braking process which increases the braking force to the vehicle by operating the hydraulic braking device. When the braking force to the vehicle needs to be increased in a situation where the first braking process is being implemented, the second braking control unit implements a second braking process which increases the braking force to the vehicle by operating the regenerative braking device.

Abstract: An optical device is equipped with an input/output module having at least one optical fiber, a movable mirror which deflects, toward the input/output module, light that is received from the input/output module, and a lens which couples the input/output module and the deflection unit to each other optically and has a focal length that is greater than or equal to 2.0 mm and shorter than 3.5 mm. A dispersion index ? of the optical device that is given by an equation: ?={n(1.45)?1}/{n(1.2)?n(1.7)} where n(1.45), n(1.2), and n(1.7) are refractive indices of a glass material of the lens at wavelengths 1.45 ?m, 1.2 ?m, and 1.7 ?m, respectively, is larger than or equal to 100. The wavelength dependence of an optical characteristic of this optical device is weaker than that of conventional optical devices.

Abstract: A wavelength selective switch includes a dispersion optical system dispersing wavelength multiplexing light obtained by multiplexing the plurality of frequency components to the plurality of frequency components by giving a dispersion angle having nonlinear frequency dependency to each of a plurality of frequency components; a light deflection element deflecting the plurality of frequency components; a condensing element condensing the plurality of frequency components on the light deflection element; and a prism optical system optically coupled to the dispersion optical system and the condensing element, and adapting spatial positions of the frequency components incident on the light deflection element to change linearly for frequencies by linearizing the frequency dependency of the dispersion angles and making incident the plurality of frequency components on the condensing element.

Abstract: An optical device is equipped with an input/output module having at least one optical fiber, a movable mirror which deflects, toward the input/output module, light that is received from the input/output module, and a lens which couples the input/output module and the deflection unit to each other optically and has a focal length that is greater than or equal to 2.0 mm and shorter than 3.5 mm. A dispersion index ? of the optical device that is given by an equation: ?={n(1.45)?1}/{n(1.2)?n(1.7)} where n(1.45), n(1.2), and n(1.7) are refractive indices of a glass material of the lens at wavelengths 1.45 ?m, 1.2 ?m, and 1.7 ?m, respectively, is larger than or equal to 100. The wavelength dependence of an optical characteristic of this optical device is weaker than that of conventional optical devices.

Abstract: A wavelength selective switch includes an input/output unit that has a first port group including a first input port and a first output port and a second port group including a second input port and a second output port; a wavelength dispersion element that disperses wavelength multiplexing light in wavelength components; a deflection element that deflects a direction of an incident beam; and an optical system that optically couples the input/output unit, the wavelength dispersion element, and the deflection element along a predetermined axis. The optical system includes an optical component, a first input beam input from the first input port is inclined at a first angle to the predetermined axis and is incident on the optical component, and a second input beam input from the second input port is inclined at a second angle to the predetermined axis and is incident on the optical component.

Abstract: A wavelength selective switch includes a wavelength dispersive element that divides a beam input from an input port, a beam director that deflects a wavelength component, and a free space optical system that optically couple a input/output unit, the wavelength dispersive element, and the beam director. The free space optical system converts a shape of the beam such that a size extending in a second plane is relatively smaller than a size extending in a first plane, and to have a long axis and a short axis in a third plane. The long axis is inclined with respect to the first direction. The beam director includes a beam directing region in which a plurality of beam directing elements are arranged. The beam directing region deflects the respective wavelength components toward the predetermined output port. The beam directing region is provided to correspond to the shape of the beam.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a MAMR head. The MAMR head includes an STO and an embedded contact sensor (ECS). The STO and the ECS are electrically connected in series and are connected to the same terminals. During operation, the current applied to the STO is controlled with respect to a change in resistance of the ECS.

Abstract: A wavelength selective switch includes a dispersion optical system dispersing wavelength multiplexing light obtained by multiplexing the plurality of frequency components to the plurality of frequency components by giving a dispersion angle having nonlinear frequency dependency to each of a plurality of frequency components; a light deflection element deflecting the plurality of frequency components; a condensing element condensing the plurality of frequency components on the light deflection element; and a prism optical system optically coupled to the dispersion optical system and the condensing element, and adapting spatial positions of the frequency components incident on the light deflection element to change linearly for frequencies by linearizing the frequency dependency of the dispersion angles and making incident the plurality of frequency components on the condensing element.

Abstract: A wavelength selective switch includes an input/output unit that has a first port group including a first input port and a first output port and a second port group including a second input port and a second output port; a wavelength dispersion element that disperses wavelength multiplexing light in wavelength components; a deflection element that deflects a direction of an incident beam; and an optical system that optically couples the input/output unit, the wavelength dispersion element, and the deflection element along a predetermined axis. The optical system includes an optical component, a first input beam input from the first input port is inclined at a first angle to the predetermined axis and is incident on the optical component, and a second input beam input from the second input port is inclined at a second angle to the predetermined axis and is incident on the optical component.

Abstract: An optical device which reduces coupling loss while improving practicality is provided. A multi-core fiber coupling device is an optical device which couples a multi-core fiber to single core fibers, and includes a first optical system which is located on optical axes of a plurality of beams emitted from the multi-core fiber, and which makes the optical axes of the respective beams non-parallel to each other, thereby making the beams in a state of being separated from each other, and a second optical system S2 which makes the optical axes of the plurality of beams in a state of being non-parallel to each other on the side of the first optical system, in a state of being approximately parallel to each other.

Abstract: A wavelength selective switch includes: a port array that includes an input port for inputting a signal light and an output port for outputting the signal light which are arranged in a first direction; a dispersive element that disperses the signal light in a second direction; a condensing element that condenses signal lights; a light deflection element that deflects the signal lights toward the output port; a first optical system that matches a beam waist position of the signal light incident onto the condensing element with a front focus of the condensing element in the optical axis direction, in a first plane that extends in the first direction; and a second optical system that shifts the beam waist position of the signal light incident onto the condensing element from the front focus in the optical axis direction, in a second plane that extends in the second direction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a MAMR head. The MAMR head includes an STO and an embedded contact sensor (ECS). The STO and the ECS are electrically connected in series and are connected to the same terminals. During operation, the current applied to the STO is controlled with respect to a change in resistance of the ECS.