Abstract: A method for determining an intersection between a polygon representing a boundary of a surface in an earth formation and a plane includes: receiving a polygon representing a boundary of a surface in an earth formation, the polygon having a series of straight segments with a point at each end of each of the segments; overlaying a cutting grid having grid planes over the polygon; identifying a specific pattern of two adjacent segments in the polygon by proceeding from a first segment to a second segment in a selected rotational direction; matching the specific pattern to a reference pattern; categorizing the point between the two adjacent segments as an intersection point or as a non-intersection point based on the reference pattern; the iterating the identifying, matching, and categorizing for each pair of adjacent segments in the polygon such that each point between adjacent segments in the polygon is categorized.

Abstract: A two-dimensional square lattice photonic crystal having cross-shaped connecting rods and rotating square rods. The two-dimensional square lattice photonic crystal comprises a high refractive index dielectric cylinder and a low refractive index background dielectric cylinder. The photonic crystal structure is formed by cells in square lattice arrangement. The cells of the square lattice photonic crystal are composed of high refractive index rotating square rods, cross-shaped planar dielectric rods and background dielectrics. The high refractive index rotating square rods are connected to the cross-shaped planar dielectric rods. The lattice constant of the square lattice photonic crystal is a, the side length d of each rotating square cylinder is O.SIa to 0.64a, the rotation angle of each rotating square cylinder rod is 2.300 to 87.70, and the width t of each cross-shaped planar dielectric rod is 0.032a to 0.072 a.

Abstract: Ophthalmic lens molds made from at least one vinyl alcohol copolymers with high amorphous content, ophthalmic lenses including silicone hydrogel contact lenses formed using these molds, packaged ophthalmic lenses present in a solution comprising the at least one vinyl alcohol copolymer with high amorphous content, and related methods are described. The methods of manufacturing ophthalmic lenses can use wet demolding, delensing or demolding and delensing processes involving dissolving the molds in water or an aqueous solution.

Abstract: An optical element comprising: synthetic diamond material; and an optical surface pattern formed directly in at least one surface of the synthetic diamond material, wherein the optical surface pattern comprises a plurality of projections separated by trenches, the projections spaced apart with a periodicity d, wherein the periodicity d is between 65 and 99% of a zeroeth order diffraction limit above which non zeroeth diffraction orders are observed at an operating wavelength ?, wherein the optical surface pattern has a fill fraction in a range 0.1 to 0.6, the fill fraction defined as [area of projection in one periodic unit]/[area of the periodic unit], and wherein the optical element has an absorption coefficient measured at room temperature of ?0.2 cm?1 at a wavelength of 10.6 ?m.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of anti-fog coatings on lenses is provided. The method includes: a lens assembling step, a lens spraying step, a pre-drying step, a curing step and a lens obtaining step. In the lens assembling step, a plurality of lenses are disposed on a base of a movable carrier. In the lens spraying step, the plurality of lenses are moved to a spraying device and sprayed with a light-curable anti-fog material on a surface thereof. In the pre-drying step, any extra light-curable anti-fog materials are removed from the plurality of lenses by a suction device. In the curing step, the plurality of lenses are placed into a light curing apparatus and radiated by the ultraviolet lights to form an anti-fog coating on the surface of the plurality of lenses. In the lens obtaining step, the plurality of lenses are taken out of the light curing apparatus.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a display panel with integrated micro lens array. The display panel typically includes an array of pixel light sources (e.g., LEDs) electrically coupled to corresponding pixel driver circuits (e.g., FETs). The array of micro lenses are aligned to the pixel light sources and positioned to reduce the divergence of light produced by the pixel light sources. The display panel may also include an integrated optical spacer to maintain the positioning between the micro lenses and pixel driver circuits.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a display panel with integrated micro lens array. The display panel typically includes an array of pixel light sources (e.g., LEDs) electrically coupled to corresponding pixel driver circuits (e.g., FETs). The array of micro lenses are aligned to the pixel light sources and positioned to reduce the divergence of light produced by the pixel light sources. The display panel may also include an integrated optical spacer to maintain the positioning between the micro lenses and pixel driver circuits.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a visible near-infrared ultra-broadband absorber and its preparation method, comprising a substrate and a five-layer optical film, wherein the bottom film is a bottom metal absorbing layer; a top germanium layer is provided on the top of the bottom metal absorbing layer; and remaining three layers are provided on the top of the top germanium layer with gradually decreasing refractive indexes from the bottom to the top. The present invention is based on the blocking effect of the metal absorbing layer and broadband anti-reflection film stack of the germanium layer, which has realized visible near-infrared ultra-broadband absorption with high efficiency and good angle insensitivity, and has fully surpassed traditional absorbers in terms of performances.

Abstract: A localized gap plasmon resonator includes: a pad including: a first plasmonic material to support a surface plasmon; and a first plasmon surface; a nanoelectromechanical (NEM) member disposed opposing the first plasmon surface of the pad and spaced apart from the pad by a plasmon gap, the plasmon gap supporting a plasmon resonance; and a plasmonic nanoprism disposed on the NEM member and including: a second plasmonic material to support a surface plasmon; and a second plasmon surface, such that: the second plasmon surface of the plasmonic nanoprism opposes the first plasmon surface of the pad; and the pad, the plasmonic nanoprism, and the plasmon gap support a localized gap plasmon (LGP) mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to multilayer optical films having an asymmetric construction and durable solar mirror films comprising such multilayer optical films, as well as constructions including durable solar mirror films.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to retroreflective elements including a core and a plurality of glass or glass-ceramic beads adjacent to the core. The retroreflective elements further include a plurality of particles having a diameter that is less than the diameter of the glass or glass ceramic beads in the retroreflective elements. The present disclosure also generally relates to articles (including, for example, retroreflective roadway liquid pavement markings) including these retroreflective elements and methods of making and using these retroreflective elements.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a Blazed diffraction grating configured to diffract incident light and made of a CdTe or CdZnTe crystal material includes the step of forming a plurality of grating grooves in a processed surface of a work through machining using a processing machine for the Blazed diffraction grating. The forming step forms the grating grooves so that among surfaces of gratings formed by the forming step, a surface that receives the incident light most is set to a (110) plane as a crystal orientation of the crystal material.

Abstract: A color fitter substrate has a transparent base; a first transparent electrode layer; a black matrix having a plurality of black sections spaced from each other on the first transparent electrode layer; a second transparent electrode layer; and a color resistor layer, in sequence. A method for manufacturing the color filter substrate has steps of: forming a first transparent electrode layer on a transparent base; forming a black matrix having a plurality of black sections spaced from each other on the first transparent electrode layer; forming a second transparent electrode layer on the black sections and the first transparent electrode layer; and forming a color resistor layer on the second transparent electrode layer. The interference of the internal electric field is shielded by disposing the black sections between the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer.

Abstract: A filter, having a first filter material and second filter material, the first and second filter materials having different light attenuation properties and being in mutual contact along an interface surface, a cross-section of which has a curved line. Additionally, a method for preparing a filter, by: combining a first surface and an element to form a moulding cavity, delimited by the surface and by a moulding surface of the element; inserting a first material in liquid state; allowing the first material to solidify; removing the element to form a second moulding cavity, delimited by a second part of the surface and by the solidified first material; and inserting a second material in the second moulding cavity.

Abstract: A compound having a maximum absorption in a wavelength range of 350 nm to 550 nm that functions as a dichroic dye is provided. In particular, a compound represented by formula (1) is provided. In the compound of formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; Z represents —CO— or the like; and Y represents a group of formula (Y1). In the group of formula (Y1), * represents a bonding site with N, or a group of formula (Y2); and in the group of formula (Y2), * represents a bonding site with N; P1 and P2 each independently represent —S— or the like; and Q1 and Q2 each independently represent ?N— or the like.

Abstract: Provided are a polarizing plate and a display. The illustrative polarizing plate may exhibit desired characteristics in a wide range of wavelengths, and have excellent reflection and visibility at an inclined angle. For example, the polarizing plate may be used in a reflective or transflective liquid crystal display or an organic light emitting device.

Abstract: An absorptive grid polarization element includes a transparent substrate, and a stripe-like grid provided on the transparent substrate. Each of a plurality of linear parts which form the grid absorbs more s polarization light than p polarization light, and thus achieves a polarizing action. The transparent substrate is made of quartz glass. Each of the linear parts includes a second layer formed on the transparent substrate, and a first layer formed on the second layer. The first layers are formed from amorphous titanium oxide. The second layers are formed from amorphous silicon.

Abstract: A display device provided with a polarising photovoltaic module includes (a) a plurality of polarisers; (b) a plurality of pixels which emit or transmit light referred to as image light; (c) a plurality of photovoltaic active zones and a plurality of openings, two adjacent photovoltaic active zones forming an opening and said photovoltaic active zones being arranged between the pixels and the polarisers; wherein said polarisers are semi-reflective and are made up of one or more surfaces selected among planar surfaces, which are concave or convex, and have parabolic, conical, pyramidal, tetrahedral, semi-cylindrical or cylindrical-parabolic shapes, said polarisers being arranged so as to concentrate, by reflection, a first linear polarised component of the ambient light onto said photovoltaic active zones, as well as to transmit, through the polarising photovoltaic module, a second linear polarised component of the ambient light or of the image light.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes an optical element urging incident light to be transmitted or reflected, a first reflective element includes a first retroreflective surface in an uneven state on which the light reflected on the optical element is retroreflected, and a first specular reflection surface on which the light reflected on the optical element is specularly reflected, and a second reflective element includes a second retroreflective surface in an uneven state on which the light reflected on the first specular reflection surface is retroreflected.

Abstract: A resin composition suitable for an optical compensation film, an optical compensation film using the same, which is excellent in the retardation characteristics and wavelength dispersion characteristics, and a production method of an optical compensation film. A resin composition containing, as resin components, from 30 to 99 wt % of a cellulose-based resin represented by the following formula (1) and from 1 to 70 wt % of a cinnamic acid ester copolymer: where each of R1, R2 and R3 independently represents hydrogen or a substituent having a carbon number of 1 to 12.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a film capable of giving a necessary retardation without degrading the contrast. The present invention provides a retardation film formed from a composition which includes a polymer compound, a rod-like liquid crystal compound and a photo-reactive compound, wherein the polymer compound has a side chain which has one or more azo groups and/or cynnamate groups, and 3 or more and 10 or less arylene groups; the side chain further has an optionally substituted amino group, or a hydrocarbon group at the terminal; an absolute value of difference between an SP value of the polymer compound and an SP value of the photo-reactive compound is 1.1 or less; and an in-plane retardation of the film at wavelength of 550 nm is 10 nm or more and 200 nm or less.

Abstract: An optical reflective device referred to as a skew mirror, having a reflective axis that need not be constrained to surface normal, is described. Examples of skew mirrors are configured to reflect light about substantially constant reflective axes across a relatively wide range of wavelengths. In some examples, a skew mirror has substantially constant reflective axes across a relatively wide range of angles of incidence. Exemplary methods for making and using skew mirrors are also disclosed. Skew mirrors include a grating structure, which in some examples comprises a hologram.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a cross runner of a suspended ceiling grid is provided, wherein the cross runner may comprise a light fixture configured to function as a cross runner, and the light fixture may comprise a light guide.

Abstract: Methods for improving color uniformity across an LCD backlight unit having a viewable area, a downconversion film element and blue LEDS comprise increasing blue light absorption while reflecting red and green light in at least one edge of the viewable area.

Abstract: The wavelength conversion member includes: a wavelength conversion layer obtained by curing a polymerizable composition including quantum dots that emit fluorescence when excited by excitation light; a barrier layer having a moisture permeability of 0.1 g/(m2·day·atm) or lower that is formed over at least one surface of the wavelength conversion layer; and at least one intermediate layer that is interposed between the wavelength conversion layer and the barrier layer. The at least one intermediate layer includes a gettering agent-containing layer that includes a gettering agent for trapping at least one of water or oxygen.

Abstract: A light guiding structure includes a resilient base and a plurality of light guiding columns. A plurality of through holes is separately formed on the resilient base. The plurality of light guiding columns resiliently engages with the plurality of through holes. Each of a plurality of light emitting components is disposed on an end of each of the plurality of the light guiding columns. The light guiding structure utilizes the plurality of light guiding columns for guiding the light transmitted from the plurality of light emitting components and further utilizes the resilient base for allowing the light transmitted from one of the plurality of light emitting components to pass through the corresponding light guiding column only. Therefore, the light transmitted from the plurality of light emitting components can be guided to a correct position, which effectively reduces human misjudgment.

Abstract: An illumination system comprises a lightguide (12) having a plurality of light extraction features (LEFs); and a plurality of independently controllable light sources (11a, 11b, 11c). The LEFs have a preferred direction, with light that is incident on an LEF along the preferred direction of the LEF being extracted from the lightguide generally parallel to a reference plane, and light that is incident on an LEF not along the preferred direction of the LEF being extracted from the lightguide at an extraction angle to the reference plane, the extraction angle being related by a response function to an incidence angle between the light propagation direction and the preferred direction of LEF. The shape of the LEFs varies with distance from a reference point or respective reference point so that the response function becomes larger with increasing distance of the LEFs from the reference point.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an overhead street light (a luminaire) is formed that has an asymmetric light intensity distribution, where the peak intensity is greatest along the direction of the street, lower directly across the street, and much lower on the house side of the street. Around the edge of a circular transparent light guide are white light LEDs that inject light into the light guide. To help control the asymmetry of the light intensity distribution, sawtooth-shaped grooves are formed in the light guide surface opposite to the light-emission surface and parallel to the street. Gaussian diffusers are used to partially diffuse the light. By proper selection of the grooves, the Gaussian diffuser, and the relative amounts of light emitted by LED segments around the light guide, the desired asymmetrical light intensity distribution is achieved while a direct view of the light exit surface appears as a uniform light.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a backlight unit which is disposed below the display panel, provides light to the display panel, and includes a light guide member including a light emission surface, a reflection surface, and a plurality of side surfaces which connect the light emission surface to the reflection surface, where the plurality of side surfaces includes a first side surface which receives light and a second side surface facing the first side surface in a first direction, a light source which provides the light to the first side surface, an optical path adjustment member disposed on the light guide member and including a flat portion, a plurality of protruding portions protruding from the flat portion in a direction of the light guide member, and a light blocking layer disposed on the plurality of protruding portions, and a prism sheet disposed on the flat portion.

Abstract: An instrument cluster, in particular for a vehicle, has a dial with a plurality of graphic areas, which are backlit by a device provided with at least one light source, with a front light-guiding element having a front face at least partially covered by a back surface of the dial, and with a rear light-guiding element; the latter has a receiving portion facing said light source and a transmitting portion, which transmits and guides the light received by the receiving portion and is spaced apart from and faces a rear face of the front light-guiding element; the rear face of the front light-guiding element has an optical compensation system, having curved convex or curved concave lens surfaces, for varying the intensity of the light transmitted from said transmission portion to the different graphic areas.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optical transmission system that operates at a wavelength in the range from 950 nm to 1600 nm and that employs a single-mode optical transmitter and an optical receiver optically coupled to respective ends of a multimode fiber designed for 850 nm multimode operation. The optical transmission system also employs at least one single mode fiber situated within the optical pathway between the optical transmitter and the receiver and coupled to the multimode fiber.

Abstract: An optical fiber including a multimode core having a radius, R1, and a maximum relative refractive index, ?1MAX, at a wavelength ?0, an inner clad layer surrounding the core and having a radial thickness, T2, and a minimum relative refractive index, ?2MIN, of about 0.0% at a wavelength of ?0, an intermediate clad layer surrounding the inner clad layer and having a radial thickness, T3, and a maximum relative refractive index ?3MAX and an outer clad layer surrounding the inner clad layer and having a radial thickness, T4, and a maximum relative refractive index, ?4MIN, at a wavelength of ?0. The optical fiber satisfies the following relationship: ?1MAX>?3MAX>?2MIN, and the optical fiber exhibits an overfilled bandwidth of greater than or equal to about 1.5 GHz-km at ?0.

Abstract: An optical fiber includes a glass fiber and a coating resin layer with which the glass fiber is covered, wherein the coating resin layer includes tin and a cured ultraviolet curable resin composition containing 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenyl phosphine as a photoinitiator, a percentage of uncured components having a molecular weight of 1000 or less included in the coating resin layer is 15% by mass or less, and a fraction of an amount of a phosphorus-tin complex with respect to an amount of hydrocarbon on the surface of coating resin layer is 1000 ppm or less.

Abstract: A novel waveguide with excellent optical properties can be easily produced. The photonic nanowires based waveguide has a) a plurality of nanowires; each nanowire having a ridge shape; b) the nanowires are supported by a support substrate or partially or totally free standing; c) the support substrate further supports interfacing waveguides disposed on both sides of the plurality of nanowires. The special concept of present invention allows to align a number of ridge-shaped nanowire that enables to control the amount of light being outside the solid waveguide in the evanescence field. Further, the design is compatible with solid waveguides and offers the possibility to confine (guide the light) within a multiple waveguide arrangement.

Abstract: An optical waveguide which has sufficient orientation characteristics and its manufacturing processes are simple to be suitable for the manufacture of electro-optic elements and that can be reduced the power consumption by its large electro-optic characteristics and further can be thinned and stacked, and the material thereof. This material is characterized in a polymer compound that includes an oxazoline structure in a side chain, and an acid generator or a polyvalent carboxylic acid.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for photonic communication and photonic addressing are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a photonic source layer that provides a plurality of photonic sources, each at a different wavelength, a plurality of second layers, and a third layer. Each of the plurality of second layers may be associated with a respective wavelength, and each of the plurality of second layers may include photonic filters tuned to their respective wavelength, a photonic modulator, and a photonic detector. The third layer may include a plurality of photonic circuits, with each of the plurality of photonic circuits associated with a respective second layer of the plurality of second layers. Additionally, each of the plurality of photonic circuits may include a photonic filter tuned to a respective wavelength associated with a respective second layer, a photonic detector and a photonic modulator.

Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a photonically integrated chip (2) having a substrate (20), a plurality of material layers arranged on a top side (21) of the substrate (20), an optical waveguide which is integrated in one or more wave-guiding material layers of the chip (2), and a grating coupler (60) which is formed in the optical waveguide and causes beam deflection of radiation guided in the waveguide in the direction out of the layer plane of the wave-guiding material layer(s) or causes beam deflection of radiation to be coupled into the waveguide in the direction into the layer plane of the wave-guiding material layer(s).

Abstract: An optical filter for attenuating higher-order modes in an optical waveguide includes a shoulder slab formed of a first material having a first index of refraction and disposed on a second material having a second index of refraction, the first index of refraction being higher than the second index of refraction. The shoulder slab defines a near end having a first width, an intermediate section, adjacent to the first end section, and a far end section, adjacent to the intermediate section and opposite the first end section along a direction of beam propagation. The optical filter also includes a waveguide ridge, formed of the first material and disposed atop the shoulder slab, that traverses the shoulder slab, and is configured to guide light of a fundamental mode along the direction of beam propagation from the near end section to the far end section.

Abstract: The base member 3 can be attached to and detached from a base-holding member 5 without using tools and the like. The base-holding member 5 has a positioning mechanism that decides the position of the base member 3 on the base-holding member 5. Here, a reference part that decides the position of the base member 3 on the base-holding member 5 in a direction parallel to an optical fiber installation surface 2, which is an upper surface of the base member 3, is called a horizontal positioning reference part. Also, a reference part that decides the position of the base member 3 on the base-holding member in a direction vertical to the optical fiber installation surface 2 (the direction vertical to the horizontal positioning reference part), which is the upper surface of the base member 3, is called a vertical positioning reference part 6. That is, the horizontal positioning reference part and the vertical positioning reference part 6 are provided on the base-holding member 5.

Abstract: A device includes a substrate, a pedestal extending from the substrate, and a ring resonator disposed on the pedestal above the substrate. The ring resonator has a resonance wavelength greater than 1.5 ?m and includes at least one of silicon and chalcogenide glass. The device can be used as a ring resonator sensor or a light source. The ring resonator is substantially transparent to mid-infrared radiation to reduce optical losses. The pedestal has a narrower width compared to the ring resonator to generate improved interaction between evanescent fields of light in the ring resonator and analytes nearby the ring resonator, thereby increasing sensing sensitivity. In addition, fabrication of the device is compatible with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) processes and hence is amenable to large scale manufacturing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-channel integrated optical wavelength division multiplexing/demultiplexing assembly structure, comprising a light transmitting assembly and a light receiving assembly, the light transmitting assembly consisting of a laser chip array, a coupling lens set, a wavelength division multiplexing assembly, a single coupling lens and a single-core optical fiber, wherein the wavelength division multiplexing assembly comprises an optical waveguide chip, a band-pass filter set, a full-wavelength reflection unit, and multiple segments of waveguide optical paths that are continuously distributed in the optical waveguide chip in a Z-shape or W-shape, each of the multiple segments of waveguide optical paths has an input port and an output port which are distributed on left and right sides of the optical waveguide chip, respectively, the output ports comprise a tail end port which is arranged in correspondence to the single coupling lens, the band-pass filter set covers the input ports,

Abstract: An optical fiber connector device includes an optical fiber connector and an insert unit. The insert unit has a housing and a connecting mechanism. The housing surrounds an axis, and has an outer wall, a surrounding wall, and a cover member. The outer wall defines a first insert opening on the axis, and has a main opening spaced apart from the axis. The outer wall and the surrounding wall are molded as one piece. The cover member covers removably the main opening. The connecting mechanism has a first connecting member surrounded by the outer wall and connected to the optical fiber connector, and a second connecting member surrounded by the surrounding wall, coupled to the first connecting member, and adapted to be connected to another optical fiber connector.

Abstract: A connector unit having a first connector part and at least a second connector part, wherein the first connector part and the at least second connector part are connectable during a mating of the first connector part and the at least second connector part and are dis-connectable during a de-mating of the first connector part and the at least second connector part, and further having at least a first locking assembly for locking the first connector part and the at least second connector part at least during the de-mate of the first connector part and the at least second connector part. At least first locking assembly has at least a first hydraulic lock.

Abstract: An optical fiber plug adapted to be connected to an optical fiber socket and a first optical fiber cable includes a plug sleeve unit, a plug unit, a plug guiding unit, and a coupling unit. The coupling unit includes a coupling seat, a coupling ring, and a coupling cover movable between a locked position and a released position. When the coupling cover is at the locked position, the optical fiber plug is locked to the optical fiber socket by the coupling ring. When the coupling cover is moved from the locked position to the released position, the coupling ring is urged resiliently by the coupling cover to release the optical fiber plug, thereby permitting separation of the optical fiber plug from the optical fiber socket.

Abstract: A hybrid optical fiber adapter comprises a first adapter end configured to receive a first optical fiber connector, and a second adapter end configured to receive a second optical fiber connector of a different type from the first optical fiber connector. The hybrid adapter further comprises a spring configured to couple to the second adapter end such that the second optical fiber connector received into the second adapter end is disposed between the spring and the second adapter end, so as to allow floating of the second optical fiber connector. In one embodiment, the first optical fiber connector is an LC connector and the second optical fiber connector is a micro connector. The hybrid adapter may be coupled to a module such that the second adapter end protrudes into the module, requiring less space inside the module compared to conventional hybrid adapters, without sacrificing optical performance.

Abstract: An optical adaptor for mounting to a receptacle to optically couple connectorized optical cables comprises a coupling element to provide a passageway for inserting a respective ferrule of a first and a second optical connector terminating a first and a second optical cable. The optical adaptor further comprises a mounting element to mount the first optical connector to the receptacle, the mounting element being configured to be insertable in the receptacle, and a fixing element to fix the mounting element to the receptacle. The mounting element is formed as a hollow body to receive the coupling element and configured to fix the coupling element to the receptacle.

Abstract: A Display-Port optical connector including a host-side auxiliary interface and a display-side auxiliary interface is provided. The host-side auxiliary interface stores extended display identification data (EDID) and display port configuration data (DPCD) of the display device via communication with an external device, and, when the host-side auxiliary interface is connected to the auxiliary signal terminals of the host device, the host-side auxiliary interface instead of the display device provides the EDID and the DPCD to the host device. When the display-side auxiliary interface is connected to the auxiliary signal terminals of the display device, the display-side auxiliary interface instead of the host device reads the EDID and the DPCD from the display device and stores the read-out EDID and DPCD, and controls an operation of the display-side main interface while performing DPCD communication with the display device.

Abstract: A system for automatically inserting fibers is disclosed. The system comprises a cable having a plurality of fibers, a ferrule having a plurality of bores, a moving mechanism movable in a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction that are perpendicular to each other, a cable holder mounted on the moving mechanism and holding the cable, and a vision device. The moving mechanism moves the cable holder under the guidance of the vision device to align the plurality of fibers with the ferrule and insert the plurality of fibers into the plurality of bores.

Abstract: A fiber optic connector is described herein. The fiber optic connector includes a ferrule for supporting at least one optical fiber of a fiber optic cable, a ferrule holder from which the ferrule extends, a housing in which the ferrule holder is received, and a strain relief device at least partially located within the housing. The strain relief device has at least one resilient clamping member selectively applying a compressive force to at least a portion of the fiber optic cable. The strain relief device also has an actuator at least partially surrounding the ferrule holder, and used to place the at least one resilient clamping member into compressed contact with the fiber optic cable, thus retaining the fiber optic cable within the housing.

Abstract: An optical coupling system includes a tapered coupling element having a first end opposite a second end, a core having a core diameter that is larger at the first end than at the second end, and a cladding layer that is coupled to and circumscribes the core. An optical pathway is disposed within the core and that extends between the first end and the second end. The tapered coupling element is tapered from the first end to the second end such that the core diameter adiabatically transitions a light beam traveling along the optical pathway from a first beam size at the first end to a second beam size at the second end.