Abstract: A higher order mode dispersion compensating fiber includes an optical fiber and a first loss layer which is provided within the fiber and which attenuates a lower order mode propagating through the optical fiber while not attenuating a higher order mode which is higher than the lower order mode. A dispersion compensating fiber mode converter for a higher order fiber includes a single mode fiber; a higher order mode dispersion compensating fiber; and a fused and extended portion which has been formed by fusing and extending the single mode fiber and the higher order mode fiber. The fused and extended portion converts between the LP01 mode of the single mode fiber and the LP02 mode of the higher order mode dispersion compensating fiber.

Abstract: A higher order mode dispersion compensating fiber includes an optical fiber and a first loss layer which is provided within the fiber and which attenuates a lower order mode propagating through the optical fiber while not attenuating a higher order mode which is higher than the lower order mode. A dispersion compensating fiber mode converter for a higher order fiber includes a single mode fiber; a higher order mode dispersion compensating fiber; and a fused and extended portion which has been formed by fusing and extending the single mode fiber and the higher order mode fiber. The fused and extended portion converts between the LP01 mode of the single mode fiber and the LP02 mode of the higher order mode dispersion compensating fiber.

Abstract: Marigold oleoresin having a low viscosity and a high lutein content which can be filled in soft capsules can be obtained according to the method of the present invention, which is characterized by combining a step of subjecting oleoresin to supercritical fluid extraction and a step of dissolving oleoresin in a ketone solvent, cooling the solution and removing the ingredient which precipitated in solution.

Abstract: A method of measuring polarization mode dispersion of an optical fiber includes inputting linearly polarized pulse light into an optical fiber, separating the input linearly polarized light from backscattered light from the optical fiber, detecting a light intensity of the backscattered light as time series data since the generation of the pulse light, calculating a fluctuation of the detected light intensity in the time series data, and evaluating polarization mode dispersion in the optical fiber, based on the calculated fluctuation value.

Abstract: A multi-tube burner is provided which includes a cylindrical outermost nozzle and at least one cylindrical inner nozzle provided coaxially with the outermost nozzle to form annular jet openings for gases used to manufacture a glass preform. The angle between a center axis of an outer circumference of the outermost nozzle and a distal end portion of each of the inner nozzles is 90°± not more than 3°. Furthermore, the distance between the center axis of the outer circumference of the outermost nozzle and each of center axes of inner circumferences and outer circumferences of the inner nozzles is not more than 0.20 mm.

Abstract: An optical fiber includes: a core at a center; a first cladding layer; a second cladding layer; and a third cladding layer. A maximum refractive index of the core is greater than any of maximum refractive indices of the first cladding layer, the second cladding layer, and the third cladding layer, and the maximum refractive index of the second cladding layer is smaller than any of the maximum refractive indices of the first and the third cladding layer. Additionally, a ratio of a2/a1 is not less than about 2.5 and not more than about 4.5, where a1 represents the radius of the core, and a2 represents the radius of an outer periphery of the first cladding layer, and a relative refractive index difference of the core with respect to a maximum refractive index of the third cladding layer is not less than 0.20% and not more than 0.70%.

Abstract: A fluorescent pattern forming article including a first layer containing a metal ion, and a second layer disposed facing the first layer and containing a ligand coordinating with the metal ion contained in the first layer to thereby enable an intensity of fluorescence based on the metal ion to be changed.

Abstract: In an optical transmission path including multimode optical fibers, modal dispersion is reduced so that signal light can be transmitted at high speed and across a broad band, at low-cost and over a long distance. To reduce modal dispersion, when the transmission path is constructed by coupling a plurality of multimode optical fibers, a length ratio for the multimode optical fibers that obtains the maximum band of the optical transmission path is determined, and the multimode optical fibers are coupled according to this length ratio. The multimode optical fibers that are used have specific refractive index profiles as mode dispersion-compensating fibers. The compensated fiber and the mode dispersion-compensating fiber are coupled with specific lengths.

Abstract: An optical fiber twisting apparatus that prevents line distortion in an optical fiber undergoing a drawing process and provides a consistent coating on a bare optical fiber. This optical fiber twisting apparatus includes a twist roller apparatus that having a twist roller that, by imparting a twist to an optical fiber, imparts a twist to a molten portion of an optical fiber preform positioned on an upstream side of the optical fiber, and a support portion that supports the twist roller. The accuracy of the outer circumference of the twist roller when the twist roller is forming a part of the twist roller apparatus is 15 ?m or less.

Abstract: A method of treating optical fiber includes at least a first step of creating a reduced-pressure atmosphere in a space which holds the optical fiber, and a second step of introducing to the space a deuterium-containing gas so as to expose the optical fiber to the gas.

Abstract: The invention provides a compact and thin antenna device capable of carrying out highly efficient transmission and reception. The antenna device includes an antenna substrate and an antenna arranged directly or in the vicinity of the main face of the antenna substrate. The antenna substrate comprises a plurality of insulating layers mutually layered and bonded, and a plurality of magnetic particles arranged in bonded interfaces of the insulating layers and being embedded in both of the insulating layers of the bonded interfaces.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of a lutein-fatty acid ester concentrate of high purity by dissolving marigold oleoresin in a ketone solvent such as acetone, cooling the solution, and removing wherefrom a ketone solvent-insoluble component to uniform the quality of oleoresin, followed by dissolving the acetone-soluble portion obtained as above in butanol, cooling the solution, removing a butanol-soluble impurity after adding or without adding one or more members selected from the group consisting of water, methanol, ethanol and a mixture thereof, and washing the resulting butanol-insoluble with ethanol.

Abstract: A drawing method for a bare optical fiber, comprises the steps of: melting an optical fiber preform using a heating device and drawing the bare optical fiber; and naturally cooling down the bare optical fiber or forcibly cooling down the bare optical fiber by a cooling device after the heating and melting step, wherein a temperature history during the drawing the optical fiber preform to obtain the bare optical fiber in the heating device satisfies a relational expression: T??0.01X+12 where a time period when the heated and molten portion of the optical fiber preform heated and molten by the heating device reaches 1800° C. or higher is T (min) and a OH group concentration in a cladding layer of the optical fiber preform is X (wtppm).

Abstract: An optical fiber and an optical fiber preform having optical characteristics, such as the wavelength dispersion, close to design values by controlling the amount of change in the refractive index in the core, thereby realizing high-quality and high-speed transmission, and manufacturing methods therefor. The optical fiber or the optical fiber preform is manufactured in a manner such that at each position in the area in which the relative refractive index of the core with respect to the cladding is 80% or higher of the maximum value of the relative refractive index, the absolute value of the rate of change of the relative refractive index with respect to the position along the diameter of the cladding is 0.5 or less, where the position along the diameter of the cladding is defined by percentage with respect to the diameter.

Abstract: A treatment method for an optical fiber including accommodating an optical fiber inside a treatment chamber; introducing a deuterium containing gas into the treatment chamber; and in a deuterium treatment step, exposing the optical fiber to atmosphere of the deuterium containing gas. In the deuterium treatment step, a deuterium concentration D in the treatment chamber during the deuterium treatment is calculated from an initial value A of a deuterium concentration in the deuterium containing gas inside the treatment chamber, a concentration B of oxygen in an ambient atmosphere of the treatment chamber, and a concentration C of oxygen in the deuterium containing gas inside the treatment chamber, and the deuterium concentration in the treatment chamber is controlled based on the deuterium concentration D calculated. Other gases such as hydrogen containing gas or nitrogen containing gas may also be used according to the invention.

Abstract: Under condition that a non-circularity ratio is 5% or lower and a thermal expansion coefficient of a glass which forms the core is ?1 and a thermal expansion of a glass which forms the cladding is ?2, the difference of coefficients is controlled such that a formula ?2.5×10?7/° C.??1 ??2?1.0×10?7/° C. is satisfied so as to maintain a polarization mode dispersion to be 0.03 ps/km0.5 or lower. The difference of coefficients is further controlled such that a formula ?1.5×10?7/° C.??1??2?0/° C. is satisfied so as to maintain a polarization mode dispersion to be 0.015 ps/km0.5 or lower. By doing this, birefringence is reduced by adjusting the thermal expansion coefficient in a core and a cladding; thus providing an optical fiber, and an optical transmission path using the optical fiber, having preferable PMD for high speed transmission.

Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided, which includes a light-emitting element configured to emit light, a first fluorescent layer comprising an inorganic fluorescent substance, formed on the light-emitting element and having a first refractive index, and a second fluorescent layer comprising an organic fluorescent substance, formed above the first fluorescent layer and having a second refractive index.

Abstract: An optical fiber coating die is made such that an interfacial shear rate of the optical fiber to the resin coat is calculated in accordance with a pressure value of resin inside a coating cup, and the interfacial shear rate is in a range of ?1.5×105 to 0 sec?1. Also, an optical fiber drawing die is made such that the interfacial shear rate of the optical fiber to the resin coat is calculated in accordance with a diameter of a coating resin, and the interfacial shear rate is in a range of range of ?3×105 to 2×105 sec?1. By doing this, an optical fiber drawing die which can be used in an optical fiber drawing method so as to realize stable resin coating operation even in high-speed drawing operation and high productivity can be realized.

Abstract: An inorganic solid electrolytic rechargeable battery capable of offering excellent battery characteristics is disclosed. The battery has positive and negative electrodes and an inorganic electrolyte interposed therebetween. The positive and negative electrodes are each made up of an active material layer and a current collector layer. The positive electrode collector layer or the negative electrode collector layer is a conductive metal oxide layer. The negative electrode active material layer is made of lithium metals or lithium alloys. This negative active layer may alternatively be made of a material which causes an operation voltage potential of the negative electrode to become more noble than 1.0 V with respect to the potential of a metallic lithium. A complexity-reduced fabrication method of the rechargeable battery is also disclosed.

Abstract: A high-frequency magnetic material includes: metal particles of one of Fe and Co or alloy particles based on at least one of Fe and Co; and an oxide phase containing a matrix phase and a metal oxide having a larger valence than the matrix phase. The matrix phase contains a non-reducible metal oxide and the metal oxide having a larger valence than the matrix phase forms a solid solution with the matrix phase.