71 results about "Optical tape" patented technology

Disclosed herein are aspects of optical tape technology, tape manufacturing, and tape usage. Methods and systems of tape technology disclose optical tape media including: configurations, formulations, markings, and structure; optical tape manufacturing methods, systems, and apparatus methods and systems including: curing processes, coating methods, embossing, drums, testing, tracking alignment stamper strip; optical tape methods and systems including: pick up head adapted for the disclosed optical tape; and optical tape uses including optical storage media devices for multimedia applications

The method for filtering an optical signal comprising a plurality of channels lying on a grid of optical frequencies equally spaced by a frequency spacing and occupying an optical bandwidth, comprises: a) operating an optical filter comprising a plurality of resonators each having a respective free spectral range, wherein a first resonator of the plurality is optically coupled to the optical signal and the remaining resonators are optically coupled in series to the first resonator, so that a respective resonance of each one of the plurality of resonators falls within a first frequency band having bandwidth less than or equal to 15 GHz; b) operating the optical filter so as to obtain a separation between any resonance of at least one resonator falling within the optical bandwidth with respect to a resonance of at least another different resonator nearest to the any resonance, the separation being greater than or equal to 150 GHz and no more than 1 THz; c) tuning all the resonators of the optical filter so as to move all respective resonances of the resonators by a respective frequency interval greater than the frequency spacing while maintaining a distance between the any resonance of the at least one resonator with respect to the nearest resonance of the at least another different resonator not less than 150 GHz and no more than 1 THz; and d) operating the optical filter so that a further respective resonance of each one of the plurality of resonators falls within a second frequency band, different from the first frequency band, having bandwidth less than or equal to 15 GHz. A corresponding device for filtering an optical signal is disclosed.

The invention provides a temperature and concentration measuring system and method based on a double-optical-comb spectrum technology, and belongs to the technical field of laser absorption spectra. The measuring system comprises two optical frequency combs with the repetition frequency difference smaller than 1 MHz, a 2*2 optical fiber coupler, an optical band-pass filter, a collimator, a low-pass filter, a photoelectric detector, a data acquisition card and the like. The double optical combs are subjected to coupling beam splitting, one path is a measurement light path and is received by thephotoelectric detector after passing through to-be-measured gas and the optical band-pass filter, and the other path is a reference light path and is coupled to the photoelectric detector after passing through the optical band-pass filter. Interference signals generated by the double optical combs on the photoelectric detector are filtered by the low-pass filter and then acquired by the data acquisition card. Fourier transform is carried out on interference signals of measurement and reference light paths to extract absorption spectrum information. Finally, the temperature and the concentration are calculated based on a polychromatic method and a least square method. According to the invention, the precise spectral resolution capability of the optical frequency combs is utilized to realize wavelength-free calibration measurement of temperature and concentration, and the application prospect is wide.

A method and apparatus for measuring bandwidth of light emitted from a laser is disclosed which may comprise: a first and second wavelength sensitive optical bandwidth detectors providing, respectively, an output representative of a first parameter indicative of the bandwidth of the emitted light as measured respectively by the first and second bandwidth detectors, and an actual bandwidth calculation apparatus adapted to utilize these two outputs as part of a multivariable linear equation employing predetermined calibration variables specific to either the first or the second bandwidth detector, to calculate a first actual bandwidth parameter or a second actual bandwidth parameter. The first actual bandwidth parameter may be a spectrum full width at some percent of the maximum (“FWXM”), and the second actual bandwidth parameter may be a portion containing some percentage of the energy (“EX”). The first and second bandwidth detectors may an etalon and the outputs may be representative of a fringe width of a fringe of an optical output of the respective etalon at FWXM. The precomputed calibration variables may be derived from respective three dimensional plots representing, respectively, detector outputs in relation to a calibrating input light with known values of the first and second actual bandwidth parameters, which may be FWXM and EX. The first / second three dimensional plot may provide a solution: (first / second output)=(a / d*(calibrating input light known value of FWXM))+(b / e*(calibrating input light known value of EX)+c / f; and the actual bandwidth calculation apparatus may use the derived equation: (first actual bandwidth parameter)=((b*(second output))−(e*(first output))+ce−bf) / (bd−ae), or the equation: (second actual bandwidth parameter)=((a*(second output))−(d*(first output))+cd−af) / (ae−bd). FWXM may be FWHM and EX may be E95. The transfer function of the first optical bandwidth detector may be selected to be much more sensitive to FWXM than to EX and the transfer function of the second optical bandwidth detector may be selected to be much more sensitive to EX than to FWXM.

Digital optical tape archival storage systems and methods are disclosed. A digital optical tape recorder may simultaneously write data and two or more guide tracks onto a digital optical tape recording medium. A digital optical taper reader may include a camera to capture a two-dimensional image of the digital optical tape recording medium, and an image processor to extract the data from the two-dimensional image.

The invention discloses an optical strip which utilizes sunlight to generate power. The optical strip comprises a structure of which the inside is provided with solar cell plates, LED chips, connecting wires, a controller and an accumulator; clearance between the solar cell plates is provided with the LED chip; the LED chip and the solar cell plate are encapsulated together to form a solar cell component; power output by the solar cell component is stored in the accumulator through regulation and control of the controller; and the solar cell component utilizes electroluminescence of the accumulator and a plurality of solar cell components are connected to form the optical strip. The LED chip is directly encapsulated in the solar cell component and radiates; the plurality of solar cell component are connected to form the optical strip so as to save the trouble of external connection of the LED; the shape of the optical strip is more attractive; and a nanometer cell is used to reduce the use number of the other cells and effectively save space.

An apparatus for driving a tape-shaped optical recording medium, which comprises a supply reel (41) for supplying an optical tape (40), a take-up reel (42) for taking-up the optical tape (40), a friction capstan (43) for driving the optical tape (40) to run to the take-up reel (42) from the supply reel (41) and a running guide member (46) for guiding the optical tape (40) running between the supply reel (41) and the take-up reel (42). The running guide member (46) has a flat portion forming a guide face portion (70) for facing to the optical tape (40) is operative to cause the optical tape (40) to run along the flat portion. Thereby, an area on the guide face portion (70) of the running guide member (46) where an incident position on the optical tape (40) of a light beam is fixed invariably can be stably maintained to be relatively wide.