Abstract: A green diode laser includes a tubular laser casing, a heat sink sealedly mounted at the laser casing, a semiconductor chip supported by the heat sink, an optical resonant cavity supported within the laser casing, including a lasing medium and an intracavity frequency doubler, an IR blocking filter inclinedly and seadedly mounted at the laser casing to optically communicate with an output facet, and a photodiode supported within the laser casing at a position that when the laser beam exits the output facet, the IR blocking filter reflects a portion of the laser beam towards the photodiode such that the photodiode is adapted for detecting the laser beam from the IR blocking filter as a feedback for controlling a power output of the green laser chip.

Abstract: A modular jack assembly (10) includes a number of connectors (1). Each connector includes at least one receiving cavity (24) for receive a mating connector, and a plurality of contacts (4) received in the connector. The modular jack assembly also includes an engager (3) mounted in front portions of the connectors to assemble the connectors together in side-by-side arrangement.

Abstract: The methods and apparatus described herein encrypt an unencrypted binary string using an encryption key and a varying-radix conversion method. The encryption key is used to parse the unencrypted binary string into unencrypted sub-strings. The varying-radix conversion method is used to transform the unencrypted sub-strings into encrypted sub-strings. The encrypted sub-strings may then be concatenated together to produce an encrypted binary string. In addition, the reverse process is employed to recover the unencrypted binary string from the encrypted binary string. For example, the decryption process may occur after the encrypted binary string is transmitted over a network communications system.

Abstract: Plants and methods of preparing plants having reduced lignin content and/or altered lignin composition are provided. The activities of caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase and/or caffeic acid O-methyltransferase enzymes in the modified plants are reduced.