Abstract: The present invention is a unique combination and physical packaging of low power COTS electronics, real-time operating system, and custom firmware that relays data, messages, and GPS position through the Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD) satellite system. It is a data collector, processor, transmitter, location reporting, and data storage device that provides bi-directional satellite communications anywhere in the world. The combination is very low power and economical as compared to other devices. It can be used for many unattended remote data collection and reporting needs. The smart module may be used in measuring and reporting remote marine data for marine weather analysis, forecasts, and warnings.

Abstract: A tornado data acquisition system comprises a kite having a cable coupled thereto. The data acquisition also includes a winch rope rotatably coupled to a mounting plate and a sensor module coupled to the kite. The sensor module comprises a plurality of sensors for generating sensor signals corresponding to tornado characteristics. A data acquisition system wirelessly receives the sensor signals and stores the data corresponding to the sensor signals in a memory.

Abstract: A photosensitive composition, suitable for a hardened film capable of sufficiently blocking light in the visible range and sufficiently transmitting light in the near infrared region, is provided. The photosensitive composition contains a colorant, a compound having an ethylenic unsaturated group, a photopolymerization initiator and a solvent. The colorant contains (A1) to (A3); (A1) a colorant of the following formula (1): (A2) a blue colorant, a green colorant, or both, and (A3) a yellow colorant, a red colorant, or both. R1 and R2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a methoxy group or an acetyl group. R3 and R4 is a phenylene group or a direct bond. R5 and R6 is a direct bond or an alkanediyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R3 and R5 are not simultaneously direct bonds, and R4 and R6 are not simultaneously direct bonds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to ophthalmic solutions and devices comprising at least one water soluble polymer having a molecular weight of at least about 500,000 Daltons and linear or branched polyether pendant groups having a molecular weight of at least about 300.

Abstract: The present invention relates to biomedical devices, and particularly contact lenses comprising a polymer having entangled therein at least one polymer comprising repeating units from N-(2-hydroxyalkyl)(meth)acrylamide.

Abstract: A low water content soft lens for eye is provided, which includes a layer made of an acidic polymer and a basic polymer on at least a part of a surface of a base material containing a polysiloxane compound. Adhesion of the lens to the cornea during wear, which has hitherto been regarded as a problem in a conventional low water content soft lens for eye, can be reduced or avoided when using the low water content soft lens.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio. The polarizing film contains a disazo compound represented by the following general formula (1). In the general formula (1), Q1 represents a phenyl group having at least one —SO3M group; Q2 represents a naphthylene group having at least one —SO3M group; X represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a thioalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogeno group, or a polar group; subscript k denotes the number of substitutions of X and represents an integer of 0 to 5; and M represents a counter ion, where when k is an integer of 2 or more, Xs are the same or different.

Abstract: Provided is a polarizer protective film, which has high heat resistance, high transparency, high optical characteristics, and high mechanical strength, and is excellent in adhesion with respect to a polarizer. Further, provided are a polarizing plate using such a polarizer protective film and a polarizer, which has high adhesion with respect to the polarizer protective film and the polarizer and is excellent in optical characteristics, and an image display apparatus of high quality using such a polarizing plate. A polarizer protective film according to the present invention includes a (meth)acrylic resin having a lactone ring structure and core-shell type nanoparticles having a core layer made of a rubber polymer and a shell layer made of a glass polymer.

Abstract: Provided is an antiglare film having a hard coat property, capable of highly suppressing generation of a rainbow interference pattern and interference fringes in display images, preventing white muddiness and scintillation of a display screen, while giving high contrast in a bright room and a dark room. The antiglare film includes an antiglare layer having an uneven form on its surface and formed on one face of a transparent substrate having an in-plane birefringence and a retardation of 3000 nm or higher. The antiglare layer contains silica fine particles, organic fine particles, and a binder resin. The silica particles include particles forming agglomerates to be contained coarsely and densely in the antiglare layer. The agglomerates are distributed densely around the organic fine particles, and some agglomerates adhere to surfaces of the organic particles and/or some silica particles are impregnated in the inside of the organic particles.

Abstract: An optical film, a polarizing plate, a liquid crystal panel, and an image display apparatus are provided, wherein interference fringes can be made to be invisible, and cloudiness can be reduced. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an optical film is provided, including a light transmissive substrate, and a functional layer disposed on the light transmissive substrate, wherein the functional layer has a concavo-convex surface forming a surface of the optical film. Assuming that a slope angle of the concavo-convex surface with respect to a film plane of the optical film in a cross section along a direction normal to the film plane is a surface angle, a percentage of a region in which the surface angle is 0.05° or more is 50 % or more in the concavo-convex surface, and the root mean square slope R?q of a roughness curve on the concavo-convex surface is 0.003 or less.

Abstract: Devices and methods for providing sensor indication and enhancing sensor indication are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor indication is provided by sensing an operational status at a sensor circuit, generating a signal at the sensor circuit based on the sensed operational status, utilizing the signal to activate a light source, transmitting light into a first indicator layer with the light source, wherein the first indicator layer includes a fluorophore embedded within a substrate, and wherein the one or more fluorophores modify at least one characteristic of the transmitted light from the light source, and emitting the modified transmitted light from an end wall of the first indicator layer.

Abstract: A mirror with a dielectric coating (2) on a substrate (3), wherein the dielectric coating (2) has exactly two layer stacks (4, 5), a first layer stack (4), on the substrate, of layers (41, 42) of high refractive index and low refractive index oxides in alternating arrangement and a second layer stack (5), arranged thereon, of layers of fluorides (52) and oxides (51) in alternating arrangement, and wherein the number of fluoride layers (52) as a proportion of the total number of layers of the dielectric coating (2) is less than 0.45.

Abstract: A diffraction grating comprises a substrate with a set of protruding ridges and intervening trenches characterized by a ridge spacing ?, width d, and height h. The substrate comprises a dielectric or semiconductor material with a refractive index n1; the first substrate surface faces an optical medium with a refractive index n2 that is less than n1. Each ridge has a metal layer on its top surface of thickness t; at least a portion of the bottom surface of each trench is substantially free of metal. Over an operational wavelength range, ?/2n1<?<?/(n1+n2) can be satisfied. An optical signal can be incident on the diffractive elements from within the substrate at an incidence angle that exceeds the critical angle. The parameters n1, n2, ?, d, h, and t can be selected to yield desired polarization dependence or independence of the diffraction efficiency.

Abstract: A method for making low emissivity panels, comprising forming a patterned layer on a transparent substrate. The patterned layers can offer different color schemes or different decorative appearance styles for the coated panels, or can offer gradable thermal efficiency through the patterned layers.

Abstract: Spectral filtering device including a dielectric substrate, a first filter capable of acting as a passband filter in the visible range and having a plurality of first nanostructures with a uniform spacing between each other. Each nanostructure has a portion of dielectric material arranged between two portions of metallic material such that one of the two portions of metallic material is arranged between the substrate and the portion of dielectric material. A second filter capable of acting as a passband filter in the infrared range is also included having a plurality of second nanostructures with a uniform spacing between each other and each comprising a portion of dielectric material of which only one face is in contact with a portion of metallic material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula 1, wherein in Formula 1, each of R1 to R7 is the same as defined in the specification, a photosensitive resin composition comprising the same, and a color filter prepared using the same. The color filter can realize high contrast and high brightness.

Abstract: An optically variable element, in particular a security element, has a transparent carrier layer, an at least partly transparent reflective layer formed on the carrier layer, and a transparent embedding layer formed on the reflective layer. The reflective layer is structured in a motif region such that the layer forms a multiplicity of partly transparent micromirrors which present a perceptible motif upon plan viewing of the motif region due to specular reflection of incident light. The refractive indices of the carrier and embedding layers differ in the visible spectrum by no more than 0.2 in order that the motif perceptible in plan view is not recognizable upon transmission viewing of the motif region.

Abstract: An imaging system includes a projector, a camera and a filter set of polarization filters. The projector is to project light onto a surface. The camera is to capture light reflected from the surface. The filter set is to remove light of a first polarization from the projected light and to remove light of a non-first polarization from the reflected light so that the camera detects only reflected light having the first polarization.

Abstract: The absorptive wire-grid polarizer includes a periodic structure formed on a substrate surface of a dielectric substrate and constituted by a metal and one or more dielectric materials. The periodic structure has a one-dimensional grating structure in which, in a sectional plane orthogonal to a normal to the substrate surface, grating portions of a metal grating formed of the metal and grating portions of dielectric gratings formed of the one or more dielectric materials are one-dimensionally arranged with a grating period P. The Conditions of nm?1.0, km?2.0, 0.01?FF?0.25, Nb?1.40, and h?250 [nm] are satisfied where h represents an entire height of the metal and dielectric gratings, nm represents a refractive index of a real part of a complex refractive index of the metal, km represents an extinction coefficient of an imaginary part of the complex refractive index, and nb represents an average refractive index of the dielectric grating.

Abstract: Provided are a composition for an optical film comprising 40 wt % to 94 wt % of an acrylic resin; 5 wt % to 40 wt % of a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight less than 1,000,000; and 1 wt % to 20 wt % of an ultra-high molecular weight styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer having a weight-average molecular weight ranging from 1,000,000 to 9,000,000, and an optical film using the composition.

Abstract: Provided is a light source device having optical fiber arrays arranged so that different sets of RGB laser lights are focused at different depth positions, while enhancing the efficiency of light utilization. The light source device includes a plurality of optical devices each of which generate red, green, or blue laser light, a plurality of first, second, and third optical fibers through each of which the red, green, or blue laser light from a corresponding one of the plurality of optical devices is guided, and a fiber bundle combiner which forms a fiber bundle by fixedly holding together end portions of the plurality of first, second, and third optical fibers in such a manner that a plurality of optical fiber sets, each comprising three optical fibers one from the first optical fibers, one from the second optical fibers, and one from the third optical fibers, are stacked in layers.

Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the invention includes a display member configured to display images, a light source member configured to generate light, and a light guiding member disposed between the light source member and the display member. The light guiding member is configured to guide the light to the display member. The display member, the light source member, and the light guiding member are integrated as a single unit. The light source member generates blue light. The light guiding member includes a light guide layer and a fluorescent layer disposed on a top surface or a bottom surface of the light guide layer. The fluorescent layer is configured to convert the blue light into white light.

Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device may include a display module, a back cover that supports a back surface of the display module, and a top case that covers an edge portion of a front surface and/or a lateral surface of the display module. The top case may include a coupling portion formed in a lateral surface thereof to be coupled to the lateral surface of the display module and an edge portion of the back cover. A rear cabinet may cover a back surface of the back cover. The lateral surface of the top case may be exposed, such that a number of elements of the display device may be reduced so as to reduce production costs and processes, with a reduced size bezel on a front screen.

Abstract: A display device includes a backlight module positioning adhesive structure and a liquid crystal panel that includes a bezel zone and a light transmitting zone. A backlight module includes a reflector plate, a light guide plate, and the optic film that are sequentially stacked on each other and surrounded by a mold frame. The backlight module further includes a double-sided adhesive tape that includes first and second layers stacked on each other. The second layer includes a light shielding section and a light transmitting section connected to the light shielding section. The double-sided adhesive tape is adhesively bonded between the bezel zone of the liquid crystal panel and the backlight module. The light shielding section is located on an edge portion of the optic film and the mold frame. The light transmitting section extends towards the light transmitting section of the optic film.

Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module including a waveguide, a backboard, and a light source, wherein the waveguide is disposed onto the backboard, and the light source is arranged adjacent to a light incident surface of the waveguide, wherein the backlight module includes at least a limiter securely disposed onto the backboard and abuts against to the light source so as to ensure a preset distance between the light source and the incident surface of the waveguide. According to the backlight module and the liquid crystal display, by providing the limiter of the backlight module to abut against the light source, the coupling distance between the light source and the incident surface of the waveguide can be effectively kept constant without being compromised to zero (0) as resulted from expansion under heat or moisture or the accuracy during installation. By this arrangement, the leakage of the backlight module can be readily prevented.

Abstract: Provided is an optical fiber which is provided with heat resistance and productivity and in which a transmission loss is suppressed even in a high-temperature environment. It has, on an outer periphery of a glass fiber composed of a core part and a cladding part, a coating layer made by crosslinking an energy-curable resin composition containing a silicon compound, in which the silicon compound contained in the energy-curable resin composition of the coating layer as an outermost layer has a specified structure having a cyclic silicone site having an epoxy group and a linear silicone site, with the content of the cyclic silicone site in the compound being from 10 to 30% by mass.

Abstract: A core layer (13) of an optical waveguide (1) includes a plurality of core groups (140) disposed so as to mutually intersect on the same plane, each core group (140) being an assembly of a plurality of core portions (14), at least some of which are arranged in parallel, and side cladding portions (15) provided so as to adjoin the side surfaces of each core portion (14). A transverse cross-section of the optical waveguide (1) includes a high refractive index region (WH) in a position corresponding with each core portion (14) and having a relatively high refractive index, and a low refractive index region (WL) in a position corresponding with each side cladding portion (15) and having a lower refractive index than the high refractive index region (WH), and a refractive index distribution is formed in which the refractive index varies continuously across the entire distribution.

Abstract: An optical fiber, including (i) an inner core having an ?-power refractive index profile, (ii) an outer core having a refractive index of n1?, and (iii) a cladding having a refractive index of n2 (n1?<n2<n1), is configured such that a depth of a trench, defined by n2?n1?, is sufficiently increased.

Abstract: A graded refractive index bending-resistant multimode optical fiber includes a core layer and claddings. The core layer has a radius in a range of 20-50 ?m; refractive indexes being a graded refractive index distribution with a distribution exponent ? in a range of 1.89-1.97; and a maximum relative refractive index difference (RRID) ?1% max in a range of 0.9%-2.72%. The claddings has an inner cladding surrounding the core layer, an intermediate cladding surrounding the inner cladding and an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding. The inner cladding has a radius in a range of 22-57 ?m, and an RRID ?2% in a range of ?0.02%-0.02%. The intermediate cladding is a pure quartz glass layer, and has a radius in a range of 32-60 ?m, and an RRID ?3% in a range of ?0.01%-0.01%.

Abstract: A light conductor having a bundle of optic fibers to transmit light, and a method for bending the light conductor made up of optic fibers. The light conductor with a bundle of optic fibers to transmit light of a light source, which can be coupled onto a first end portion of the light conductor, to a second end portion of the light conductor, includes a first portion and a curved second portion configured as a connecting portion, where the optic fibers in the second portion are fixed in place with respect to one another, free of tension, by means of a hardened cementing agent, while maintaining the curvature.

Abstract: An optical device includes a transparent substrate and a conductive layer disposed over an upper surface of the transparent substrate. The conductive layer defines at least one groove inwardly extending from an upper surface and includes an aperture that is spaced apart from the at least one groove. An interface between the upper surface of the conductive layer and an ambient medium defines an optical branch along which surface plasmon polariton modes are excited in response to at least partially coherent light being received by the optical device.

Abstract: An optical device includes: a first cladding layer; a core layer disposed on the first cladding layer and, with increase in its sectional area, extending from a first end which receives/outputs light along a direction from the first end toward a second end; a slab layer disposed on the first cladding layer and extending to the second end along the direction from the first end toward the second end; a rib layer disposed on the slab layer and, with decrease in its sectional area, extending to the second end along the direction from the first end toward the second end; and a second cladding layer disposed on the core layer and the rib layer. The core layer and both of the slab and rib layers are optically coupled in a part in which the sectional are of the core and rib layers is the maximum.

Abstract: A polarizing splitter includes a base, an asymmetric Y-shaped waveguide, and a pair of strip-shaped electrodes. The Y-shaped waveguide protrudes from the upper surface and includes an input section for the passage of both transverse electric and transverse magnetic waves, a first branch for transmitting the transverse electric wave only, and a second branch for transmitting the transverse magnetic wave only. The first branch and the second branch branch from the input section. The electrodes are positioned on the surface, arranged at opposite sides of the input section, and are substantially parallel with a central axis of the input section.

Abstract: An opto-electric hybrid board includes: an electric circuit board including an insulative layer, and an element mounting electrode formed on the front surface of the insulative layer; an optical element mounted on the element mounting electrode by contact frictional heat; and an optical waveguide including a first cladding layer in contact with the back surface of the insulative layer of the electric circuit board. Between the insulative layer and the first cladding layer, a reinforcing layer is provided at the portion corresponding to the element mounting electrode. A reinforcing layer is provided at the portion corresponding to the element mounting electrode, in the surface of the first cladding layer, which is on the side opposite to the insulative layer. The resin-made reinforcing layer is greater than the first cladding layer in storage modulus at the temperature of the board when the element is being mounted.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for fabricating an optical device that includes depositing an etch stop material to form an etch stop layer, wherein the etch stop material has a refractive index in the infrared wavelength range, n1; depositing a core material to form a core layer, wherein the core material has a refractive index in the infrared wavelength range, n2; and etching the core layer using a halide based etch process, wherein the etch stop material has an etch rate in the halide based etch process and the core material has an etch rate in the halide based etch process, wherein the etch rate of the core material is at least about five times higher than the etch rate of the etch stop material, and wherein n1 is not greater than n2.

Abstract: A tunable multiport optical filter includes various types of arrays of optical ports. The tunable filter also includes a light dispersion element (e.g., a grating) and a reflective beam steering element (e.g., a tilting mirror). An optical signal exits an optical (input) port, is dispersed by the light dispersion element, reflects off the reflective beam steering element back to the light dispersion element, and on to another optical (output) port. The reflective beam steering element can be steered such that a wavelength portion of the dispersed optical signal can be coupled to the optical output port. For example, the input optical signal may be a wavelength division multiplexed signal carrying multiple channels on different wavelengths, and the tunable multiport optical filter directs one of the channels to the output optical port. Additionally, the tunable filter may be incorporated into a device acting as a wavelength reference.

Abstract: Even in the case of an optical module including a multi-chip integrated device, an optical module having a smaller size in consideration of the connection to optical fibers. An optical module having a package containing a multi-chip integrated device integrated with an optical functional element having both ends connected to planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) is provided. Each of the PLCs includes a folded waveguide for connecting a light waveguide formed in the optical functional element to optical fibers. The optical module comprises a connecting part connected to each of the PLCs for connecting the optical functional element to the optical fibers in the same face. The optical fibers are taken out from opposed surfaces of the package.

Abstract: A mono-block type optical fiber adapter includes an adapter body including a partition wall between each two opposing accommodation chambers and a tubular coupling portion extended from each partition wall toward the inside of one respective front-sided accommodation chamber, a ferrule mounted in each tubular coupling portion and partially suspending in the respective rear-sided accommodation chamber, and a ferrule holder respectively mounted in each rear-sided accommodation chamber and attached to the suspended rear end of the respective ferrule. The one piece design of the adapter body facilitates mass production and effectively eliminates the dimensional tolerance and clearance problems of conventional designs. Further, the matching design between the adapter body and the ferrule holders facilitates quick and accurate installation of the mono-block type optical fiber adapter, saving much installation time and labor and enhancing structural stability and reliability.

Abstract: An optical connector ferrule having a front end, a rear end, an upper surface, and a lower surface includes a window opening on the upper surface, a plurality of fiber holes passing through a portion between the front end and the window along a first direction and including small diameter portions on the front end side and large diameter portions on the window side, and fiber grooves extending from the large diameter portions along the first direction and having openings in a third direction, in which the plurality of fiber holes include a first fiber hole row arranged in a second direction on a lower surface side, and a second fiber hole row arranged in the second direction on the upper surface side, and the large diameter portion in the second fiber hole row is longer than the large diameter portion in the first fiber hole row.

Abstract: A crimp connector is disclosed for enhancing pull-retention of a fiber optic cable in a fiber optic connector assembly housing. The connector has a flange for engaging with the housing and crimp member for engaging with the cable.

Abstract: A plug-in connection system for a two-piece plug-in connection, comprising a plug-in connector and a matching mating connector, wherein the plug-in connector includes a latching unit with latching hooks provided thereon, which engage in groove areas on the mating connector. Here, a plurality of groove areas is circumferentially provided on the mating connector implemented in a sleeve-type way, which are offset relative to each other by a certain distance ds in relation to the plug-in edge of the mating connector. In the case of groove areas which are arranged in multiple pairs on the external side of the plug-in sleeve, only one latching hook pair engages at any one time during the plug-in operation into a latching groove in the groove area, whereas the other latching hooks respectively remain on a sawtooth flank before or after the one occupied latching groove.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a front fastening part, a rear fastening part engaged with the front fastening part, and a joint portion disposed between the front fastening part and the rear fastening part. The front fastening part includes a first through-penetrating passageway and an elastic engaging member coupled with the front fastening part. The rear fastening part includes a second through-penetrating passageway and an elastic pressing element monolithically connected to the rear fastening part and abutting against the elastic engaging member. The joint portion is disposed in both of the first through-penetrating passageway and the second through-penetrating passageway, and engaged with the front fastening part and the rear fastening part. The joint portion is provided with a third through-penetrating passageway mutually communicating with the second through-penetrating passageway and the first through-penetrating passageway for accommodating at least one optical fiber therein.

Abstract: A device for converting and optionally processing an optical signal comprises an optical cable having an optical-electrical conversion device at one end, the optical-electrical conversion device to convert the optical signal to an electrical signal or an electrical signal into an optical signal; a electrical package to removably receive the optical-electrical conversion device and generate processed signal; and a general circuit board attached to the electrical package and operable to receive the processed signal.

Abstract: Electro-optical connectors and connector systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electro-optical plug includes a tip connector, a ring connector, and a sleeve connector, wherein the tip connector, the ring connector, and the sleeve connector are electrically conductive. The electro-optical plug further includes a gradient-index lens co-axially disposed within at least the tip connector, wherein the tip connector has a tip window that optically exposes a coupling surface of the gradient-index lens, and an optical fiber that is co-axially disposed within at least the sleeve connector. In another embodiment, an electro-optical connector includes a plug body having a planar electrical coupling surface with an array of electrically conductive contacts, and an optical coupling surface having at least one optical window. The electro-optical connector further includes a gradient-index lens disposed within the plug body.

Abstract: An optical engine assembly includes a bench, an optoelectronic device, a fixed member and a plurality of fibers. The bench has a bearing surface and an extended sidewall with a predetermined height from the bearing surface. The sidewall has an upper surface parallel to the bearing surface. The optoelectronic device is disposed on the center of the upper surface and includes a plurality of active areas. The fixed member is disposed on the bearing surface and has a plurality of through holes and two pin holes. The fibers respectively pass through the through holes and a 45-degree beveled surface is formed at the front end of each fiber. The 45-degree beveled surfaces are aligned with the active areas, respectively.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for an optical sub-assembly (OSA) are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed apparatus involves a package body, and a lock nut, where a first end of the lock nut inserted into a first cavity of the package body. The apparatus further involves a transistor outline (TO) can, where a first end of the TO can is inserted into a second cavity of the package body. Also, the apparatus involves an optical fiber, where a portion of the jacket from an end of the optical fiber is stripped off, thereby exposing bare optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber. The end of the optical fiber is inserted into a second end of the lock nut such that the bare optical fiber passes into the package body and at least a portion of the bare optical fiber is inserted into the TO can cavity.

Abstract: A chip package includes an optical integrated circuit (such as a hybrid integrated circuit) and an integrated circuit that are proximate to each other in the chip package. The integrated circuit includes electrical circuits, such as memory or a processor, and the optical integrated circuit communicates optical signals with very high bandwidth. Moreover, a front surface of the integrated circuit is electrically coupled to a top surface of an interposer, and this top surface is in turn electrically coupled to a front surface of an input/output (I/O) integrated circuit that faces the top surface. Furthermore, the front surface of the I/O integrated circuit is electrically coupled to a top surface of the optical integrated circuit, where the top surface of the optical integrated circuit faces the front surface of the I/O integrated circuit.

Abstract: An opto-electronic contact, method and connection system can utilize an active opto-electronic converter configured for removable optical engagement with an opposing contact. A barrel housing defines an interior cavity to capture the converter in the interior cavity for external optical engagement to the opposing contact via the first barrel opening for relative movement of the converter axis along the elongation axis, transverse thereto, and oblique thereto to accommodate mating tolerances responsive to engaging the opposing contact. A flexible circuit board assembly can be used to externally electrically interface the converter.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal using an optical coupling device includes converting a first electric signal into an optical signal, converting the optical signal into a first current, and outputting a second current that corresponds to the first current as a second electric signal. The second current may be larger than the first current.

Abstract: Fiber optic modules having pigtails and related strain relief constructions for the fiber optic harness are disclosed. The fiber optic module assembly has a fiber pigtail exiting module, the assembly includes a main body of the module defining an internal chamber disposed between a first side and a second side, a plurality of fiber optic components disposed at the first side of the module, and a fiber optic harness including the fiber pigtail. The fiber optic harness includes a plurality of optical fibers within a portion of a protective tube on the pigtail portion and a strain-relief assembly for inhibiting movement between the optical fibers and protective tube. Consequently, the strain-relief assembly secures the plurality of optical fibers and the protective tube to the main body of the module.