Patents
Patents for G02B 26 - Optical devices or arrangements using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light, e.g. switching, gating, modulating (46,502)
01/2003
01/09/2003US20030008420 Maintaining the state of a mems device in the event of a power failure
01/09/2003US20030007721 Free-space optical wavelength routing element based on stepwise controlled tilting mirrors
01/09/2003US20030007720 Systems and methods for overcoming stiction using a lever
01/09/2003US20030007526 Tunable laser control system
01/09/2003US20030007523 Tunable external cavity laser
01/09/2003US20030007522 External cavity laser with orthogonal tuning of laser wavelength and cavity optical path length
01/09/2003US20030007262 Micromirror unit with torsion connector having nonconstant width
01/09/2003US20030007240 Focusing mirrors having variable reflective properties
01/09/2003US20030007239 Colored rotating granular body and production method therefor, and display device thereof
01/09/2003US20030007237 Methods and apparatus for providing a multi-stop micromirror
01/09/2003US20030007236 System and method for focusing an elastically deformable lens
01/09/2003US20030007235 Micromirror actuator
01/09/2003US20030007234 Method and device for switching wavelength division multiplexed optical signals using two-dimensional micro-electromechanical mirrors
01/09/2003US20030007226 Two-dimensional free-space optical wavelength routing element based on stepwise controlled tilting mirrors
01/09/2003US20030007208 Optical node unit, wavelength multiplexing optical transmission system, and wavelength separating method
01/09/2003US20030007193 Three-dimensional image producing method and apparatus therefor
01/09/2003US20030007132 Projector device
01/09/2003US20030006417 Structure and method for fabricating semiconductor srtuctures and devices utilizing the formation of a compliant substrate for materials used to form the same and piezoelectric structures having controllable optical surfaces
01/09/2003US20030006360 Gimbal for supporting a moveable mirror
01/09/2003US20030006289 Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through an omnidirectional laser scanning tunnel
01/09/2003US20030006140 Microfluidic control using dielectric pumping
01/08/2003EP1274039A2 Compact scan module with magnetically centered scan mirror
01/08/2003EP1273957A1 Opto-electronic device
01/08/2003EP1273956A2 Scanning optical apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same
01/08/2003EP1273955A1 Optical shutter
01/08/2003EP1273942A1 Optical cross-switch signal monitoring method and system therefor
01/08/2003EP1273903A1 Optical interference tomographic image observing apparatus
01/08/2003EP1273094A2 Multi-layer, self-aligned vertical comb-drive electrostatic actuators and fabrication methods
01/08/2003EP1272903A2 Apparatus for generating a laser pattern on a photomask and associated methods
01/08/2003EP1272899A2 Trimmer iris for use with a digitally shape-controlled lighting system
01/08/2003EP1272888A2 Magnetically actuated microelectromechanical systems actuator
01/08/2003EP1036371A4 High throughput optical scanner
01/08/2003EP1020074B1 Film exposure assembly for use in a laser imaging system
01/08/2003CN1390314A Wave length router
01/08/2003CN1389748A Optical switch device comprising multi mechanical-optical switches
01/08/2003CN1098601C Beam path expander, method for expanding beam path and large-area laser projection display system
01/07/2003US6504968 Optical switches including reflectors having associated actuators and latches located adjacent to a surface thereof and methods of operating same
01/07/2003US6504657 marking is a standard for measuring a configuration of the functional surface.
01/07/2003US6504644 Modulator design for pattern generator
01/07/2003US6504643 Structure for an optical switch on a substrate
01/07/2003US6504641 Driver and method of operating a micro-electromechanical system device
01/07/2003US6504639 Optical scanner
01/07/2003US6504616 Calibrated tunable fiber fabry-perot filters for optical wavelength scanners and optical spectrum analyzers
01/07/2003US6504598 Illumination device
01/07/2003US6504558 Image forming apparatus with laser emission control
01/07/2003US6504525 Rotating element sheet material with microstructured substrate and method of use
01/07/2003US6504147 Multibeam scanner
01/07/2003US6503163 Precision cable drive
01/07/2003US6502944 Precision formed membrane surface for electromagnetic radiation concentration and method of forming same
01/07/2003CA2211655C Multi-pass etalon filter
01/03/2003WO2003001281A1 Method, apparatus, and diffuser for reducing laser speckle
01/03/2003WO2003001274A1 Optical fibre
01/03/2003WO2003001273A1 Optical switching device
01/03/2003WO2003001251A1 Air gaps for optical applications
01/03/2003WO2002088809B1 Optical switch
01/03/2003WO2002080106A3 Method, system and device for augmented reality
01/02/2003US20030004412 Optical imaging device
01/02/2003US20030003295 Pair of transparent lenses separated by a layer of curable resin; by controlling the extent of its curing, this monomer layer provides an adjustable index of refraction profile across the layer.
01/02/2003US20030003032 For conducting a light directed chemical synthesis or reaction on a substrate using a computer controlled digital light processing micromirror array
01/02/2003US20030002783 Optical MEMS switch with converging beams
01/02/2003US20030002782 Imaging technique for use with optical MEMS devices
01/02/2003US20030002781 Optical MEMS switch with imaging system
01/02/2003US20030002775 Multistage photonic switch fault isolation
01/02/2003US20030002772 Variable dispersion compensator and optical transmission system
01/02/2003US20030002255 Apparatus and method for providing auxiliary cooling and thermal stability to an opto-electronic component
01/02/2003US20030002181 Actuator assembly for tilting a mirror or like object
01/02/2003US20030002148 Arrangement for optically scanning an object
01/02/2003US20030002123 Optoelectronic device
01/02/2003US20030002122 Optical scanning device, imaging apparatus, and imaging method
01/02/2003US20030002055 Method of calibrating the optical system of a laser machine for processing electrical circuit substrates
01/02/2003US20030002040 Light modulated microarray reader and methods relating thereto
01/02/2003US20030002030 Optical cross-switch signal monitoring method and system therefor
01/02/2003US20030001944 Multi-beam scanning optical system and image forming apparatus using the same
01/02/2003US20030001756 Device and method for evaluating a useful signal originating from a proximity sensor
01/02/2003US20030001073 Method and apparatus for the correction of optical signal wave front distortion within a free-space optical communication system
01/02/2003US20030001072 Apparatus and method for autofocus
01/02/2003US20030001010 Point-of-sale (POS) station having a based bar code driven cash register system with an integrated internet-enabled customer-kiosk terminal
01/02/2003EP1271806A1 Method and apparatus for the correction of optical signal wave front distortion within a free-space optical communication system
01/02/2003EP1271805A1 Method and apparatus for the correction of optical signal wave front distortion within a free-space optical communication system
01/02/2003EP1271457A2 Display device
01/02/2003EP1271219A1 Laser beam delivery system with trepanning module
01/02/2003EP1271203A1 Imaging system for use with optical MEMS devices
01/02/2003EP1271202A1 Optical MEMS switch with imaging system
01/02/2003EP1271201A1 Optical MEMS switch with converging beams
01/02/2003EP1271200A1 Imaging technique and optical switch using optical MEMS devices
01/02/2003EP1269619A2 Two-dimensional gimbaled scanning actuator with vertical electrostatic comb-drive for actuation and/or sensing
01/02/2003EP1269265A2 Exposure device and method for compensating optical defects
01/02/2003DE10124954C1 Device for processing materials using a laser beam comprises guiding the light emitted by the laser through a spherical optical element having a lens arrangement arranged in the laser beam path and eccentric to the optical axis
01/01/2003CN1388394A Multiple-resolution scanner with automatic focusing function and its focusing method
01/01/2003CN1388385A Optical element, and scanning optical system and image forming equipment with the same
01/01/2003CN1097943C Exposure method for an image forming apparatus, and image forming apparatus
12/2002
12/31/2002US6501877 Wavelength router
12/31/2002US6501600 Polarization independent grating modulator
12/31/2002US6501588 Method for an optical switch on a silicon substrate
12/31/2002US6501586 Optical scanning apparatus and image-forming apparatus
12/31/2002US6501585 Multi-beam exposure apparatus
12/31/2002US6501584 Sound reduced rotatable polygon assembly
12/31/2002US6501493 Image forming apparatus and method with variable phase masking period for beam detect signal
12/31/2002US6499863 Combining two lamps for use with a rod integrator projection system
12/31/2002US6499664 Automatic optical scanner with improved activation controlling mechanism