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Coming to Ann Arbor for a conference? Need housing while looking to purchase? Visiting U of M? Need to be close to U Hospital?
Private, spacious and immaculate suite, consisting of 1-BR, full bathroom, LR, and use of fully equipped kitchen, W/D. Ideal for short term stays--weekends, by the week, or up to a month. We request a minimum stay of two nights.
This is a private suite, the second floor of a home. Very clean, fully furnished w/ King bed, couch, desk, dresser, all linens, towels, hair dryer, iron and ironing board. Can accomodate 1 person or a couple, and also works for couples with a younger aged child or baby (we can provide a baby gate, high chair, portable crib/playpen, and unused outlets have safety plugs)
WiFI access, parking, very close to bus line, 1.5 miles to UM Campus, 2.5 miles to downtown, 1 mi to MI Stadium, and easy access to expressways.
For more active moments we have an elliptical trainer for your use on a sunny glassed-in porch or a full gym in the basement. Guests often enjoy coffee or tea in the rocking chairs on the porch, overlooking beautiful vegetable gardens.
Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Park, nearby, great neighborhood Coffee Shop. We provide a "starter supply" of coffee, tea, half and half, fresh fruit, homemade granola, yogurt and fresh eggs from our chickens for your first morning or until it runs out. Or we can make suggestions if you prefer going out. We can easily accommodate food allergy needs or gluten-free guests.
As hosts, we're friendly and we'll make sure you have what you need but otherwise leave you to enjoy your stay.
We do not charge a cleaning fee; it's included in our price. We do charge $15/night for an extra guest not including a child under 6.
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We are available to answer any questions. We enjoy meeting our guests but realize you didn't come here to visit us!
The Neighborhood
We have a fabulous independent coffee bar in the neighborhood--a real treasure. There's a great carry out, local food place just up the street. Trader Joe's is a 20 min walk or quick car ride for stocking up on food supplies. We are close to the bus stop for a quick trip into town or campus if you don't want to walk there or don't have a car. And for U of M fans here for game days the Stadium is a very pleasant mile walk away.
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Off street parking, gardens and porch rocking chairs overlooking them to enjoy, chickens to feed, picnic table.
We welcome guests whose habits don't include smoking, loud music, heavy drinking, drugs, etc. The kitchen needs to be cleaned up after each use but it is available and well equipped for you to prepare meals or store your leftovers from eating out. Dishes can be rinsed and left in dishwasher. Other than that we welcome you to make this your home-base for whatever brings you to town.
The two of us enjoyed a pleasant 3-night stay at this Air BnB. The accommodations are spacious, private, quiet, and well lit by natural light. Our hosts provided us with fresh fruit, milk, yogurt, and granola for breakfast the first morning. We were able to park our car off the street in their large drive way. The drive to downtown and the central U of M campus only takes 5 minutes. We definitely recommend this Air BnB.
Judy was great, and even left out a couple of bottles of Gatorade for me as I arrived quite late. There were the expected bathroom amenities, towels, and a nice mattress, and overall the place was very clean. It's the second floor of a house, and the first floor is used for the purveyor's business. I was there on the weekend, so it was rather quiet. Cannot comment for weekdays as I wasn't there on a weekday. It's in a loft so the ceiling was a little low in the actual bedroom for me personally, but you'll only notice it if you're more than 6'2" or so in height. The location was quiet, and a nice distance from anything commercial. It's not walking distance to Ann Arbor's downtown restaurants, and I liked that as there wasn't much noise at all at night.
Judy was very quick to revert, and communicative and welcoming throughout my stay. The accommodation is reached throughout a downstairs consisting of a very well-stocked kitchen, and the consulting rooms that Judy operates. Upstairs includes a suite, with living room/area for work, bathroom and bedroom. Facilities are spotless, comfortable and with everything I needed. All in all, I'm looking forward to coming back!
Judy came right out to meet us when we arrived, gave us a great tour of the space, and was very welcoming. The space was perfect, roomy bathroom, comfortable bed. Everything was clean and well organized. We were very happy with our stay and will definitely be back next time we're in the area.
Comfortable, very clean bedroom with bath and sitting room that is located upstairs of a small business. (you pass through the business on your way to the suite. ) Located in a mixed small business/residential neighborhood, it has easy access to local food places and even a Peet's Coffee Cafe. Very simple check in and check out. Judy was very friendly and helpful.
My stay with Judy was exactly what I was looking for: a quiet, private, accessible, and comfortable place from which to base a research trip to Ann Arbor. In our communication before my arrival, Judy was helpful, prompt, and welcoming. The apartment was just as described and a nice place to spend a week. I also particularly appreciated access to a full kitchen. I would happily return if I find myself back in Ann Arbor, and recommend it to others looking for a place in the area.
We welcome you to make this your home base while in Ann Arbor. Your suite is clean, bright and spacious and we'll do our best to make your stay comfortable without being intrusive. The space affords alot of privacy. The kitchen is fully equipped and ready for you to make breakfast or dinner if that's what you like, or we can point you to our favorite places in town. I enjoy making homemade granola for guests and leave yogurt along with fresh fruit in the refrigerator for a quick breakfast Coffee, teas and half & half are provided. If you prefer soy or almond milk please let me know in advance.
My partner and I are both self-employed and work unobtrusively out of the downstairs of the house. My dog Sophie comes to work with me and spends the day on a chaise lounge supervising my work. Because we're self-employed we're usually just a text away if you need something.
We love our neighborhood because it is safe, friendly, has an awesome indy coffee bar (and roaster), there's a great, local foods take out place 1/4 mile down the road, Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are close, it's close but not too close to campus and town, is on a bus line, and is walking distance to MI Stadium.


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Clock Drawing Test goes digital for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
October 16, 2012
Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can make a huge difference in the management of the disease, and this can be achieved by making testing procedures more easily accessible. For that reason, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers led by Ellen Yi-Luen Do have created a digital version of the Clock Drawing Test commonly used to detect cognitive impairment. The two-part evaluation does away with the paper and makes it easier for patients to get tested, besides giving doctors a more sophisticated tool for making assessments.
The ClockReader test can be taken with a stylus and desktop computer or tablet. As with the classic paper test, the participant has to draw a clock with numbers and the correct minute and hour hands, within a specific time frame. Once the drawing is finished, the participant emails the test to the doctor who will use the paired ClockAnalyzer software to score the test. The scoring is based on common mistakes that people with cognitive impairment are likely to make, such missing or extra numbers, digits drawn outside the clock and incorrect time.
ClockAnalyzer will give the clinician more data to work with because it records how long the participant took to take the test and the time between each stroke – the software highlights any delays. The clinician also can replay the drawing in real time and therefore check for any abnormal behavior. These features provide a significant advantage over the traditional, paper-based test because the scorer can actually see whether the person struggled to remember certain numbers.
Additionally, as an electronic file that can quickly be accessed any time, it is easier to compare tests and study the patient's progress or regress over time. Paper tests are often filed away and forgotten about, the Georgia Tech researchers say.
The system has been trialed at the Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in Atlanta and now it is being used in addition to the traditional paper-and-pencil test. During tests, the researchers found that even patients lacking computer skills had no trouble with the stylus-based, computer technology.
Another step taken towards an early diagnosis of dementia is the development of a simple eye tracking method by researchers in the UK.
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Rhubarb is tough to grow as a perennial in areas hotter than zone 6 - and even here, I can't get it to survive other than in a shady spot. It can be grown from seed, as a winter annual, in the Deep South - I've seen reports of folks as far south as Tampa, FL doing it that way.
Have a look at the site below - has some info on growing it from seed, as a winter annual
Here is a link that might be useful: The Rhubarb Compendium
My rhubarb comes out each spring growing vigorously and sending out shoots like mad, but by the end of June/early July, the plant starts looking droopy and doesn't recover the rest of the summer. Giving it extra water doesn't help nor does the fact that it is in a partially shady area. It does seem to return faithfully each year but I am thinking on yanking it out due to the fact that it sulks most of the summer.
I originally brought a plant from WI when I moved to TN in June '97. Died immediately! Have planted it twice since then. One died fast and this year my third try is in the shade with plenty of water and has done pretty well. Droopy in the afternoon. Hoping it makes it for next spring. My husband loves rhubarb pies!
A friend in NE TN has it growing successfully. She uses soil from the root area to protect other plants in winter and apparently that helps the roots get the cold they need.
Our next door neighbor remembers his parents (who lived about two miles from here) growing a number of varieties of Rhubarb in his childhood...we have no idea which ones they were.
I have tried it several years as well since my husband is from Iowa and loves rhubarb. This year, I ordered small plants in August & am putting them in pots. Hopefully that will give them freeze time in winter and when it gets too hot here in Houston, I am going to bring them into the a.c. A lot of work, but I am hoping it will be fruitful. Hirt's Gardens has plants available for sale right now. They were delivered yesterday and very high quality.
People, it is important to know that even up north rhubarb is a spring vegetable. It dies off in summer up there too .... we picked it the same time of year as strawberries and even earlier too. But not in hot temps. Now I have not had luck getting it to come back here in east Tn, but i just planted again and put it where it gets morning and early afternoon sun. Wish me luck. I want a rhubarb patch.


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Mark Gunter/AFP/Getty ImagesAndre Greipel's Lotto train could prove a formidable obstacle for Mark Cavendish and Co. this year.ADELAIDE, Australia -- Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) picked up where he left off last season, with his big brawny arms flexed in victory salute on Tuesday.
The German ace made easy work of his rivals to win for the second time in three days to claim the opening stage of the 15th Santos Tour Down Under. He won Sunday evening's prologue criterium with equal ease.
"It's nice to win the first races of the season. It shows that we are working well together," Greipel said. "It's easier when we have the same guys as last year. We already know how to work together. I hope that means we can win a lot."
Greipel has emerged as the lone rider capable of challenging Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) for supremacy in the bunch sprints. Others are nipping at their heels, including Peter Sagan (Cannondale), but right now the battle of the trains looks to be Cavendish versus Greipel.
Cavendish also won his first race for his new team in the opening stage of the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, setting the stage for what could be a season-long showdown between the two former High Road teammates.
In Australia, Lotto returns with its crack leadout train, which delivered three stage wins in last year's Tour de France, fully intact. Adam Hansen, Greg Henderson, Marcel Sieberg and Jurgen Roelandts are all back and gunning for Greipel in the bunch sprints.
"We are the only team to completely commit to just one sprinter, Andre," Hansen said. "The team knows that if we do our job, Andre will be hard to beat. We are all very comfortable working together."
Greipel's train is now a well-oiled machine, with veteran Kiwi Henderson Greipel's final leadout man. The team was unbeatable in Sunday's crit and again in Tuesday's lumpy Down Under opener.
Greipel's train has been together for several seasons, with much of his High Road supporting cast following him to Lotto at the end of 2011.
Mark Renshaw (Blanco) led Cavendish to dozens of wins as his former leadout man at High Road. The Aussie called Greipel's train the best in the business right now.
"They're the best team right now setting up the sprints," said Renshaw, who was third Tuesday. "They've built a solid train for him. That's the easiest way to win a sprint. It's not easy to build, but they've done a good job over there."
Cavendish, meanwhile, will be looking to rebuild an effective train with his transfer from Sky to Omega Pharma.
Andrew Fenn and Geert Steegmans, two riders who will likely be part of Cavendish's sprint train, are racing this week in Australia.
It remains to be seen who will work into the role as Cavendish's final leadout man, but Omega Pharma director Brian Holm hinted that it would probably be Steegmans.
"We have some strong riders here to ride for Cav," said Holm, who teams up with Cavendish after they worked together at High Road. "Cav is so fast he doesn't even need a train to win. He proved that last year on Sky. We will ride for him. He will be back on top; there's not doubt about that."
Cavendish left Sky because the team was committed to its GC options with Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome. With the full support at Omega Pharma, with Tom Boonen declaring he would work for Cavendish in the bunch sprints, the "Manx Missile" should be back at the top of his game.
Standing in his way will be Greipel's gang at Lotto.
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I've been thinking that I'm having hypoglycemic episodes recently.......I get very hot and break out in a sweat and get shakey and weak and just feel awful. Now I'm wondering if these are hot flashes that go a little further than just my skin. I'm thinking maybe I'm vasodilating in other areas, and that makes me feel so bad. Anyone else feel more than just hot with their hot flashes? Thanks.
I've experienced hot flashes for over 15 years, from just a few to maybe 20 a day. Besides the upper body and face suddenly heating up, there's an emotional component as well. I feel vaguely emotional -- maybe a little confused, or angry, or sad. I can now sometimes guess when a hot flash is beginning because I'll be asking myself, why am I feeling so weird? I just ride it out, and know not to make any decisions, rash moves, or impulsive statements.
I think if you do some research on hot flashes, you'll be able to tell from descriptions if that is what you're getting.
Thanks pink overalls,
My body has always been wired weirdly. I have fibromyalgia, and I have lived with strange/bizarre sensations my whole life that have always scared me. Lately, I just feel like I'm getting tons of hypoglycemic attacks, but wonder if its a hot flash that dilates more than just my superficial veins.
I just got a glucometer, so I'll be able to check it out there.
My blood sugar was very irratic when I was on HRT too.
Are we having fun yet??
Thanks for your help.
I get full body hot flashes. Night sweats are painful, like all my nerve endings are being ?pinched,poked???. Anybody else get something like that? Have been trying Maca for the past week to see if that helps, cause nothing else has so far, and I'll only do natural.


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Well done for being so prepared. It makes life easier when you have the right containers to get the job done.
Thank you very much for making your photo available to share. It is a beautifully taken shot too, nice and clear.
I have included it on a blog post, with credit and link back to you.
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BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox signed their first-round draft pick Casey Kelly, an 18-year-old pitcher-infielder.
Team officials said Thursday that Kelly will be assigned to the Rookie League Gulf Coast Red Sox.
The recent high school graduate from Sarasota, Fla., hit .473 (44-for-93) as a senior with 13 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 11 steals. He had 77 strikeouts and walked 12 in 66 innings.
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Boston president of basketball operations Danny Ainge started the rumor mill churning last week with comments made to the Boston Globe, saying that he wants to avoid a repeat of the long dark age of Celtics basketball that enveloped the franchise after the end of the Bird-McHale-Parish era in the early 1990s. Really, Ainge merely stated the obvious: If this Celtics team can't win another title as constituted, he's ready to move core parts in an effort to get younger and more sustainable. As Ainge himself pointed out, that's easier said than done.
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A fiber optic array is disclosed for use in an optical scanning device. The array includes a substrate and a plurality of optical fibers arranged on the substrate to form a linear array of the fibers. Each of the fibers is received in grooves in the substrate to precisely space the fibers relative to each other. Each fiber is adapted to receive light from a source such as a laser diode. In order to increase the packing density of the fibers in the array, the fibers are closely spaced relative to each other on the substrate. The fibers are arranged in aligned sets of grooves which are spaced apart by planar areas on the substrate, and the pitch of the grooves in successive sets decreases as the fibers approach an output end of the array to draw the fibers closer together at this end.
1. A fiber optic array comprising:
a substrate which is adapted to support optical fibers on a surface thereof, said substrate having sets of grooves on said surface for receiving optical fibers therein, the grooves in each of said sets being generally parallel and the grooves in all of the sets extending in generally the same direction, said sets of grooves being spaced along said substrate from one end to an opposite end thereof and said sets of grooves being separated from each other by generally planar areas of said surface which are generally coplanar with bottoms of said grooves, the pitch of the grooves in each set being less than the preceding set in the direction of said opposite end; and
a plurality of fibers in said grooves, said fibers being arranged side-by-side on said substrate, said fibers converging toward said opposite end and having ends at said opposite end which form a generally linear array of closely spaced fiber ends.
2. A fiber optic array, as defined in claim 1, wherein a planar element is disposed over each set of grooves and the fibers therein.
3. A fiber optic array, as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said grooves at said opposite end has a maximum width of between about 12 μm and about 46 μm.
4. A fiber optic array, as defined in claim 1, wherein at least some of said grooves are generally V-shaped.
5. A fiber optic array, as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said fibers has a core and a cladding around said core, and an outside dimension of said cladding is less in a first portion than in a second portions thereof.
6. A fiber optic array, as defined in claim 5, wherein the cladding of said fibers has a generally circular cross section, and said outside dimension of the cladding is the diameter thereof.
7. A fiber optic array, as defined in claim 6, wherein the cladding of each of said fibers includes a tapered portion and said tapered portion is supported on one of said areas.
8. A fiber optic array, as defined in claim 5, wherein said cladding diameter in said first portion is between about 10 μm and about 100 μm.
9. A fiber optic array, as defined in claim 1, wherein each of the fibers has a portion which has a jacket thereon and a portion in which the cladding is exposed.
10. A fiber optic array, as defined in claim 9, wherein said substrate includes grooves for receiving the jackets of the fibers.
11. A fiber optic array, as defined in claim 1, wherein there are at least three sets of grooves on said surface.
Reference is made to commonly assigned U.S. patent applications, Ser. No. 254,758, entitled Method of Making A Fiber Optic Array, filed in the name of Kaukeinen et al. on even date herewith (U.S. Pat. No. 4,880,494), Ser. No. 254,759, entitled Fiber Optic Array, filed in the names of Hsu, Owens, and Sarraf, on even date herewith, and Ser. No. 254,756, entitled Method of Making a Fiber Optic Array, filed on in the names of Hsu, Rao, and Kaukeinen on even date herewith (U.S. Pat. No. 4,875,969).
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a fiber optic array, and more particularly, to such an array which is used in an optical scanning device.
2. State of the Prior Art
It is known in the prior art to use an array of optical fibers in a print head which is used to record information on a light-sensitive recording medium. The fibers can be arranged with their output ends in a linear array extending in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of the recording medium, and a light source, such as a light-emitting diode or a diode laser, can be connected to each of the fibers at an input end. The light in each of the fibers is modulated in accordance with an information signal to produce a desired image. Focusing means can be used in front of each fiber to cause the light to be focused to a point on the recording medium. It is desirable for the arrays of optical fibers to have a high packing density, i.e., a high number of fibers per unit width of the array, in order to limit the amount of data buffering needed to produce the output image. There is a problem, however, in using increasingly thinner fibers to increase the packing density. As the fibers are made thinner, handling and alignment of the fibers becomes more difficult, and the thinner fibers are more likely to break in the assembly process.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,389,655, there is shown an optical device or non-impact recording in which the recording head includes a linear array of optical fibers. The recording head comprises an adjustment plate having a plurality of grooves therein, and an optical fiber is secured in each of the grooves. In one embodiment of the invention, the fibers have been arranged in grooves which converge toward the output end of the array to closely space the output ends of the fibers. A problem with this arrangement is that the output ends of the fibers are not disposed at a right angle to the end of the substrate, and thus, corrective optics must be used to obtain a optimum exposure pattern on a recording medium.
It is an object of the present invention to overcome the problems in the prior art noted above and to provide an improved fiber optic array for use in scanning devices.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a fiber optic array comprising: a substrate which is adapted to support optical fibers on a surface thereof, the substrate having a plurality of grooves on the surface, the grooves being arranged in sets, the sets of grooves being separated from each other by areas of the surface and being arranged to receive fibers supported on said substrate; and a plurality of fibers in the grooves.
The fiber optic array of the present invention includes an array of optical fibers supported in grooves formed in a substrate. The grooves are arranged in aligned sets, and each set of grooves is separated by planar areas on the substrate which are coplanar with the bottoms of the grooves. At an input end of the substrate is a set of grooves which are sized to receive the jackets of the optical fibers, and sets of grooves, which are adapted to receive the cladding of the fibers, are spaced along the substrate to an output end of the substrate. The pitch of the grooves in successive sets decreases as the fibers approach the output end of the substrate in order to draw the fibers closer together at the output end. In one embodiment of the present invention, sets of closely spaced V-shaped grooves are etched in a silicon substrate, and an optical fiber having a cladding portion of reduced diameter is inserted in each of the grooves to form a linear array of fibers. An adhesive is used to secure the fibers in the grooves.
A principal advantage of the array of the present invention is that the optical fibers can be supported on the substrate in close proximity to each other in a manner which does not damage the fibers or affect the performance of the fibers. As a result of supporting the fibers in sets of grooves separated by planar areas, the fibers can be placed in grooves of increasingly smaller pitch without being forced through sharp turns which would damage the fibers. Further, the planar areas between the grooves facilitate the cementing of the fibers in the grooves.
A further advantage of the array of the present invention is that a very high packing density is obtained as a result of using fibers in which the cladding diameter at one end is relatively small. Moreover, the fibers are constructed such that they have the strength and rigidity to be handled in the same manner as fibers which do not have ends of reduced diameter. Outputs from the closely-spaced and independently-addressable fibers can be imaged onto a receiving medium through a single train of optics with diffraction-limited performance.
Other features and advantages will become apparent with reference to the following Description of the Preferred Embodiments when read in light of the attached drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged elevational view of a portion of one end of an array showing the spacing of the grooves and the location of an optical fiber in a groove;
FIG. 3 is a plan view of the substrate used in the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a view of a fiber which has been prepared for etching:
FIG. 5 is a view of a fiber after etching;
FIG. 6A-6C are sectional views taken along the lines 6A--6A, 6B--6B, and 6C and 6C, respectively, in FIG. 3; and
FIGS. 7-13 are views showing the sequence of steps for forming grooves in the substrate.
With reference to FIG. 1, there is shown a fiber optic array 10 constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fiber optic array 10 comprises three optical fibers 12 which are supported on a substrate 16. The full length of only one of the fibers 12 is shown in order to more clearly illustrate various features of the invention; it will be understood, however, that each of the fibers 12 is identical and extends the full length of substrate 16. Each of the fibers 12 is connected by means of an optical fiber connector 18 to another optical fiber 20. Optical fiber connector 18 can be of the type shown in commonly-assigned U.S. Pat. No. 4,723,830, entitled Optical Fiber Connectors, issued Feb. 9, 1988. Each optical fiber 20 is connected to a light source 22, such as a diode laser or a light-emitting diode. Each light source 22 in array 10 can be modulated according to an information signal in a well-known manner. Array 10 can be used to record information on a light-sensitive medium (not shown) such as a photoconductor or photographic film. Array 10 can also be used as an optical scanner (not shown) in which light reflected from an object is transmitted through the optical fibers to photosensitive elements.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, each of the optical fibers 12 includes a jacket 30, a cladding 32, and a core 34. Jacket 30 has been removed from an end 31 of the fiber 12 to expose the cladding 32, and in a cladding portion 33 (FIG. 5), the diameter of the cladding is substantially reduced so that the portions 33 can be more closely spaced relative to each other. A tapered cladding portion 36 is formed at one end of portion 33. A fiber suitable for use in the present invention is a special single-mode fiber made by Corning Glass Works, Fiber No. 56704121,KH1. This fiber is made of silica with germanium doping in the core 34. The jacket 30 has a diameter of 250 μm, the cladding 32 has a diameter of 125 μm, and the core 34 has a diameter of 4 μm.
Although the invention herein is described using optical fibers having ends of reduced diameter, the array of the present invention can also utilize fibers in which the diameter of the cladding is the same throughout the length of the fiber.
As shown in FIG. 1, fibers 12 extend from an input end 15 of array 10 which supports jackets 30 of the fibers to an output end 17 of the array, and the fibers 12 are closest together at end 17. Fibers 12 are mounted in sets of grooves 28a-28g which are formed in substrate 16 and are separated by planar areas 29a-29f in the substrate 16. Grooves 28a-28g in each set are separated by lands 25a-25g, respectively. Grooves 28a are generally rectangular in cross section, as shown in FIG. 6A, and grooves 28b-28g are generally V-shaped in cross section as shown in FIG. 6B. In a preferred embodiment, the areas 29a-29f are coplanar with the the groove tips or bottoms of adjacent grooves; one of the groove tips is shown at 27b in FIG. 6B.
As shown in FIG. 2, a glass plate 21 extends over the fibers 12 in grooves 28g, and a similar plate (not shown) extends over the fibers 12 at each of the other sets of grooves 28a-28f. These glass plates are very essential in the fabrication of array 10 as will be explained hereinafter. The glass plates 21 have been omitted in FIG. 1 in order to more clearly show elements of the present invention. At each set of grooves 28a-28g, a plate 21 extends over the fibers 12 and the grooves, and as shown in FIG. 2, an epoxy 23 fills the void areas between the plate 21, the substrate 16 and the fibers 12.
Grooves 28a-28g are arranged to space fibers 12 progressively closer together in the direction of output end 17 of the array 10. The progressively closer spacing is accomplished by decreasing the pitch p (FIG. 6B) of the grooves in successive sets of grooves 28a-28g. As shown in FIG. 6B, the pitch p of the grooves includes the width W of the grooves and width S of the lands 25a-25g. The pitch p can be changed by changing the width S of the land, or by changing the width W of the grooves, or by changing both S and W.
Grooves 28a are sized to receive the jackets 30 of fibers 12. Grooves 28b-28f are adapted to receive the cladding 32 of the fibers 12, and grooves 28g are adapted to receive the cladding portions 33 of reduced diameter. It is important that the jackets 30 remain on fibers 12 on substrate 16 for a certain length of the fibers to lend stability to array 10. In some embodiments, it may be desirable for the cladding portion 33 to extend into other sets of the grooves 28b-28f. The dimensions of the grooves 28a 28g will depend on the size and type of fiber used in array 10. For a single mode fiber of the type described above, obtainable from Corning Glass Works, the grooves 28a are from about 255 to about 280 μm wide, and grooves 28b-28f are about 155 μm wide; the dimensions of grooves 28g for various sizes of cladding portion 33 are given in Table I which follows. Starting with grooves 28b and progressing through successive sets of to grooves 28g, the grooves 28b-28g are separated by lands 25b-25g having progressively thinner widths S in order to draw the fibers 12 closer together at end 17 of the array 10. For example, the widths S of the lands 25a-25g can be, respectively, 25, 100, 76, 53, 29, 5, and 4 μm.
In one illustrative example of the present invention, the length of the substrate 16 is about 75 mm, the width of the substrate is about 25 mm, and the substrate is about 525 μm thick. The length of the grooves 28a is about 10 mm, the length of grooves 28b-28f is about 2 mm, and the length of grooves 28g is about 25 mm. The length of planar areas 29a-29e is about 4 mm, and the length of planar area 29f is about 10 mm.
The dimensions of grooves 28g and of portions 33 of fibers 12 are indicated in FIG. 2 where W is the width of a groove 28g, β is the half angle of a groove 28g, S is the width of the land 25a between adjacent grooves 28g, and P is the channel separation, that is the distance between the grooves 28g at the bottoms 27g thereof. D is the diameter of cladding portion 33 of a fiber 12. The angle β is about 35� when the grooves 28g are etched in silicon; however, other angles can be used. The dimensions of grooves 28g for various diameters D are shown in Table I.
TABLE I______________________________________D(μm) W(μm) S(μm) P(μm)______________________________________10 12 4 1620 24 4 2830 36 4 4040 49 4 5350 61 4 65100 146 4 150______________________________________
In FIG. 4, there is shown a fiber 12 in which the jacket 30 has been removed from a portion thereof in preparation For an etching step. Fiber 12 is etched in hydrofluoric acid (HF) in order to reduce the diameter of cladding 32 from, for example, 125 μm to a diameter as small as 10 μm. The nominal etching rate at room temperature is 1.00 μm/min. The diameter of portion 33 must be large enough so there is no coupling of light between adjacent fibers. For best results, the diameter of the cladding in portion 33 should be at least 10 μm.
A fiber 12, after etching, is shown in FIG. 5. During the etching process, the ends of fibers 12 are placed in the hydrofluoric acid, and the tapered portion 36 is formed above the surface of the HF acid as a result of capillary action. It has been found that the tapered portion 36 has a beneficial effect in that the bending strength of the fiber 12 is substantially greater than it would be if there were a sharp change from the normal diameter of cladding 32 to the cladding portion 33 of reduced diameter. The core 34 of fiber 12 is etched aster than the cladding 34; as a result, a concave tip (not shown) is formed on core 34 which must be removed by polishing after the etching step.
The substrate 16 is preferably formed from a silicon wafer (not shown) by photolithographic means. With reference to FIGS. 7-13, there are shown the steps for forming the grooves 28b-28g and planar areas 29a-29f in the wafer. As shown in FIG. 7, a layer 50 of Si3 N4 is formed on a silicon wafer 52, and as shown in FIG. 8, a negative photoresist 53 is formed over the Si3 N4 layer 50. The negative photoresist 53 can be, for example, photopolymerizable plastic such as negative photoresist, type 747, supplied by KTI Chemical, Inc. photoresist 53 is exposed with ultraviolet light through a mask 54 (FIG. 9). The ultraviolet light can be provided by mercury vapor lamps. In the next step, the photoresist is developed, using, for example, projection Developer obtainable from KTI Chemical, Inc., to remove the unexposed portions of photoresist, as shown in FIG. 10. Next, the Si3 N4 layer 50 is etched, using plasma etching, and the photoresist 53 is stripped, as shown in FIG. 11. The exposed portions of wafer 52 are then etched to form the grooves 28a 28g, indicated at 28 in FIG. 12, and the planar areas 29a-29f of substrate 16. After the grooves and planar areas are formed, the Si3 N4 layer 50 is removed by plasma etching, and the wafer 52 appears as shown in FIG. 13. It has been found that removal of the Si3 N4 layer 50 is a very important step, since the adhesive used to cement the fibers 12 in the grooves does not adhere well to the Si3 N4 under all conditions. The wafer 52 is cleaned before and after etching using acetone and deionized water, and the wafer is then blown dry with nitrogen.
The process described above is used to form grooves 28b-28g and planar areas 29a-29f in substrate 16. Grooves 28a at end 15 of the substrate 16 are formed last, and they are formed with a diamond blade. Grooves 28a are adapted to receive the jackets 30 of the fibers 12. In one illustrative example, the grooves 28a, as shown in FIG. 6A are generally rectangular in cross section; and the width W is between about 255 and about 280 μm, the depth d is about 150 μm, and the width S of the lands 25a is about 25 μm.
Great care must be used in the mounting of fibers 12 on substrate 16 due the fragility and relatively small size of the fibers 12. In a first step, the fibers are arranged parallel to each other in a holder (not shown) having channels to receive the jackets 30. The jackets 30 of the aligned fibers 30 are then inserted In the grooves 28a on substrate 16. A glass plate, for example, a plate such as plate 21 shown in FIG. 2, is placed over the jackets 30 in grooves 28a. The glass plate can be about 150 μm thick and should be of a size to extend over grooves 28a. The glass plate is held in place by a needle in a micropositioner, model 221, obtainable from Rucker and Kolls. An ultraviolet light curable epoxy is introduced between the glass plate and substrate 16, and the epoxy is drawn into grooves 28a around the jackets 30 of fibers 12 by means of capillary action. The epoxy is cured by ultraviolet light which is directed onto epoxy through the glass plate. The cladding 32 of fibers 12 is then eased into grooves 28b-28g of progressively finer pitch, and the fibers 12 are cemented in place in each set of grooves 28b-28g by means of a glass plate and UV curable epoxy as described previously; that is, the glass plate is placed directly over the fibers 12 in the grooves, held in position by a micropositioner, and UV curable epoxy is introduced around the fibers 12 in the grooves by means of capillary action.
The planar areas 29a-29f provide an area in which the fibers 12 are drawn closer together between the sets of generally parallel grooves 28b-28g of progressively smaller pitch. The planar areas 29a-29f are also important in the assembly steps just described in that they provide a means for viewing the fibers to determine if the fibers are actually aligned, since it is very difficult to see the fibers in the sets of grooves 28b-28g.
When the fibers 12 have been cemented in grooves 28a 28g, a portion of the array facet 19 is removed by means of a dicing saw (not shown), and the facet 19 is then polished. The dicing saw can be a resin impregnated diamond blade, and the dicing step can be accomplished by cutting through the glass plate covering cladding portions 33, optical fibers 12 and the substrate 16 simultaneously.
An important element of the present invention is the adhesive used to cement the fibers 12 to the substrate 16. The adhesive must have low viscosity for good capillary action and a lower refractive index than that of the cladding 32 to minimize radiation loss and cross talk between fibers 12. After the adhesive has cured, there should be low stress on the fiber to minimize micro bending loss, and the adhesive should have adequate hardness to insure a polished surface of high quality. A suitable adhesive is Norland 61 adhesive which can be obtained from the Norland Co. However, a preferred adhesive is Lamdek U V Adhesive, Catalog No. 177 6921, which can be obtained from Dymax Engineering Adhesives, a division of the American Chemical and Engineering Co., Torrington, CT.
In an illustrative example of the present invention, an array 10 was formed from single mode fibers having a core diameter of about 4 μm and a cladding diameter of about 125 μm. The portions 33 were etched to a diameter of about 15 μm, the length of portions 33 was about 25 mm, and the channel separation (P) between grooves 28g on substrate 16 Was about 28 μm. The fibers 12 were mounted on a substrate 16 as shown in FIG. 1. The array thus formed was evaluated for taper/packaging loss, cross talk level, and the output beam quality. The taper/packaging loss is an indication of the radiation loss due to fiber taper, to etched cladding, and to packaging stress in comparison to the radiation loss due to these factors from a single mode fiber which has not been etched. It was found that the propagation characteristics of the optical field were changed very little due to the etching and packaging processes. Thus a substantial increase in packing density has been achieved in the array of the present invention while maintaining the necessary efficiency of the fibers.
It will be apparent that the number and spacing of fibers 12 can be changed to meet the needs of a particular application. An array (not shown) could extend the full length of a recording medium, or a recording head (not shown) could include a plurality of arrays arranged side-by-side or in parallel rows. An array 10 can also be used to produce various print formats, as shown, for example, in a commonly-assigned patent application entitled Method of Scanning an Image, U.S. Ser. No. 254,745 filed in the name of D. Haas on even date herewith.
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The Rubber Research Institute of India and the International Rubber Research and Development Board (IRRDB) will jointly organise a three-day international workshop on 'Climate Change and Natural Rubber Cultivation: Research and Development Priorities' at the Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), Kottayam on 28 July 2010 at 9 AM.
The function will be inaugurated by Mr. Sajen Peter, Chairman, Rubber Board. Dr. Abdul Aziz, Secretary General, IRRDB will preside over the inaugural function. After the inaugural session, Prof. J. Sreenivasan (Indian Institute of Science, Banagalore) will deliver the keynote address on the subject: "Why we should worry about climate change"
Later, Dr. Stephen V. Evans, Secretary General, International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) will deliver a special talk on Demand and Supply Relations in a Changing Climate. Dr. James Jacob, Director, RRII and Vice Chairman of the IRRDB will welcome the gathering, and Dr. R. Krishna Kumar, Joint Director, RRII and IRRDB Liaison Officer for physiology group will propose the vote of thanks.
The IRRDB is an international organization for natural rubber research, with its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The workshop is being conceived with the objectives to review how far climate has changed in the major natural rubber producing countries of the world, to examine how far climate change has impacted growth and productivity of rubber, to assess future climate scenarios in natural rubber growing countries, to evolve research strategies for rubber cultivation in stressful environments, to evaluate the carbon dioxide sequestration potential of natural rubber holdings in different countries and to evaluate innovations in rubber processing and manufacturing industries for energy efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emission to mitigate climate changes.
Thirty-one scientific papers will be presented in the workshop by experts in the areas of physiology, agronomy, molecular biology, biotechnology, breeding, pathology, climatology, extension and planning. Dr. Abdul Aziz (Secretary General, IRRDB), Dr. Stephen V. Evans (Secretary General, IRSG), Dr. M. R. Sethuraj (Former Director, RRII), Dr. N. M. Mathew (Former Director, RRII) and Dr. K. Jayarathnam
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Can any one help me. I have been strugling now for over an hour trying to find a way to get my Bookmarks transferd from Firefox to Internet explorer. Because of the childish incompatibility problems between Fitefox and Google, I am thinking of making IE my main browser again but until I can do this it means having to dodge from one to the other.
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In Firefox, click the Bookmarks menu and, at the top, select "Show All Bookmarks" (or press Ctrl+Shift+B). In the window that opens, click the button "Import and Backup" then select "Export HTML". This will save your bookmarks as an HTML file.
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Posted by Karl Poynter on 3/23/2015 8:01 AM
BSD - Undercover 1
Dan Paley, Alex Donnachie, and Kriss Kyle just shut the internet down with some amazing park riding at Zone74 and Unit 23.
Posted by ChrisWilmshurst on 3/23/2015 4:50 AM
Throwback: Daniel Tünte in America
This is over three years old, but so many of the clips hold strong today. Germany's Tünte has evolved as a rider in many ways since we shot this, but many of the key ingredients to his prowess were already clear. Decades both ways, technical barspins, burly drops, and more. PROST!
Posted by kylecarlson on 3/22/2015 1:31 PM
Calvin Kosovich: Riding + Bike Check
Australian renegade Calvin Kosovich is back in the USA and riding a hot new Kink Mudrunner. Watch him put his 48-spoke wheels to work and take an inside look at his machine of choice. This bike is made to take a beating...
Posted by kylecarlson on 3/21/2015 12:19 PM
United - Tom Sanders + The Region Frame
United's Tom Sanders cruises the cities of London, UK and Madrid, Spain hitting a nice selection of street spots on the new street-oriented Region frame.
Posted by Karl Poynter on 3/21/2015 5:11 AM
A Day with Tom Isted - Mongoose Bikes 1
A full day of riding is indeed a day well spent. That is exactly what Tom Isted did in this new Mongoose video of him shredding dirt on his MTB and then ending the night switching back over to his BMX for an intense indoor session.
Posted by Karl Poynter on 3/20/2015 10:30 PM
Takahiro Yamashita for Addiction BMX
Japan rules and so do the riders there. Check out this new one from Addiction BMX starring Takahiro Yamashita destroying every ledge in sight.
Posted by Karl Poynter on 3/20/2015 11:47 AM
FBM Celebrates 21 Years of BMX - Wheels of Confusion Ep. 7
In episode seven of Wheels of Confusion, FBM throws a jam to celebrate their 21 years in BMX. This features Steve Crandall, Kelly Baker, and Van Homan talking about the spirit of FBM, a hot dog eating contest, lots of great riding from young guns to old veterans, and a very nice tribute to Mike Tag.
Posted by Karl Poynter on 3/20/2015 11:34 AM


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Laugh Boston is the stand-up brother to Improv Asylum, Boston's improv & sketch comedy theater located in the North End. Laugh Boston is owned by Chet Harding & Norm Laviolette of Improv Asylum and John Tobin formerly of Nick's Comedy Stop.
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