Abstract: Disclosed is a device for attaching a plurality of external connectors to an electronic device having a first and second ports for attaching a first and second external connectors, a first and second plugs positioned to interface with a first and second ports of the electronic device, and a first and second pins positioned to interface with a first and second electrical contact of a third port on the electronic device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for attaching a plurality of external connectors to an electronic device having a first port and second ports on a main body for accepting a first and second external connectors, a first and second plugs on the main body positioned to interface with a first and second ports on the electronic device, a slot in the main body for slidably receiving a third external connector and for positioning the third external connector to interface with a third port of the electronic device, and a retention mechanism in the main body for retaining the third external connector.

Abstract: Disclosed is a docking station for an electronic device comprising a main body which holds an electronic device and voids in the main body to allow for the passage of external connectors directly into the docked device and the securing of the external connectors to the main body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a docking station for an electronic device comprising a main body which holds an electronic device and voids in the main body to allow for the passage of external connectors directly into the docked device and the securing of the external connectors to the main body.

Abstract: A shared modulator applies radial stress to the polarization-dependent fiber chains to induce birefringence and simultaneously Q-switch two or more fiber lasers. Multiple temporally overlapping pulsed beams can be generated with pulses <100 ns and even <30 ns with repetition rates from 50 Hz up to 650 KHz. A pair of Q-switched fiber lasers at slightly different wavelengths being well suited to provide a low-frequency light source through difference frequency generation (DFG) by nonlinear optical materials.

Abstract: A fiber-laser-based implementation of a Gigahertz source through difference frequency generation (DFG) by nonlinear optical (NLO) materials is compact, tunable and scalable. A pair of pulsed fiber lasers, preferably single-frequency, generate output pulses at frequencies ?1 and ?2 that overlap temporally. A beam combiner combines the laser outputs and routes the combined output to a GHz generator head where a nonlinear interaction process in the NLO material generates GHz radiation.

Abstract: A method of analyzing tissue includes inserting a radiation source into tissue, impinging radiation upon the tissue, obtaining a sample signal of the radiation that impinges upon the tissue, and determining a refractive index of the tissue from the sample signal. The method may also include determining at least one other optical property of the tissue. The method may provide for identifying tissue as part of a biopsy method. A device for analyzing tissue may include a low-coherence interferometer and a probe optically coupled to the interferometer, where the probe includes a radiation source.

Abstract: The use of carbohydrate-based surfactant compounds having the general formula (I): wherein Y1 and Y2, which may be the same or different, are carbohydrate groups; R1 and R2, which may be the same or different, are selected from: a) hydrogen; b) C(1-24) alkyl group; c) C(1-24) alkyl carboxy group; or d) a carbon chain of 2 to 24 carbon atoms having one or more carbon/carbon double bonds, and n is from 1 to 10; for facilitating the transfer of DNA or RNA polynucleotides, or analogs thereof, into a eukaryotic or prokaryotic cell in vivo or in vitro. New carbohydrate-based surfactant compounds are also disclosed.