AU2002365722A1 - Optical fibre switch and method of construction of such a switch - Google Patents

Optical fibre switch and method of construction of such a switch

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Publication number
AU2002365722A1
AU2002365722A1 AU2002365722A AU2002365722A AU2002365722A1 AU 2002365722 A1 AU2002365722 A1 AU 2002365722A1 AU 2002365722 A AU2002365722 A AU 2002365722A AU 2002365722 A AU2002365722 A AU 2002365722A AU 2002365722 A1 AU2002365722 A1 AU 2002365722A1
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Australia
Prior art keywords
switch
construction
optical fibre
fibre switch
optical
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Abandoned
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AU2002365722A
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AU2002365722A8 (en
Inventor
Rodney Badcock
Ian Peter Giles
Gareth Colin Watson Jones
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British Technology Group Inter Corporate Licensing Ltd
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British Technology Group Inter Corporate Licensing Ltd
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Publication of AU2002365722A1 publication Critical patent/AU2002365722A1/en
Publication of AU2002365722A8 publication Critical patent/AU2002365722A8/xx
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
    • G02F1/3131—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure in optical fibres
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/0147—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on thermo-optic effects
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/3515—All-optical modulation, gating, switching, e.g. control of a light beam by another light beam

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
AU2002365722A 2001-12-04 2002-12-04 Optical fibre switch and method of construction of such a switch Abandoned AU2002365722A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0128987A GB0128987D0 (en) 2001-12-04 2001-12-04 Optical fibre switch and method o construction of such a switch
GB0128987.5 2001-12-04
PCT/GB2002/005495 WO2003048844A2 (fr) 2001-12-04 2002-12-04 Commutateur a fibres optiques et son procede de construction

Publications (2)

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AU2002365722A1 true AU2002365722A1 (en) 2003-06-17
AU2002365722A8 AU2002365722A8 (en) 2003-06-17

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AU2002365722A Abandoned AU2002365722A1 (en) 2001-12-04 2002-12-04 Optical fibre switch and method of construction of such a switch

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AU (1) AU2002365722A1 (fr)
GB (1) GB0128987D0 (fr)
WO (1) WO2003048844A2 (fr)

Family Cites Families (8)

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JPS54137362A (en) * 1978-04-18 1979-10-25 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Optically branching and coupling device and optical attenuator
JPS55155324A (en) * 1979-05-23 1980-12-03 Ricoh Co Ltd Optical fiber device
FR2507787A1 (fr) * 1981-06-16 1982-12-17 Jeunhomme Luc Dispositif de commutation de lumiere entre des fibres optiques par variation de temperature d'une substance dans laquelle elles sont disposees et systeme de commutation utilisant de tels dispositifs
US4514057A (en) * 1981-12-23 1985-04-30 General Dynamics Pomona Division Fiber optic coupler array and fabrication method
US4533208A (en) * 1983-03-21 1985-08-06 Gould Inc. Evanescent-wave star coupler on a substrate
US4730171A (en) * 1986-04-28 1988-03-08 Northern Telecom Limited Optical signal modulators
US6026205A (en) * 1997-01-21 2000-02-15 Molecular Optoelectronics Corporation Compound optical waveguide and filter applications thereof
DE19849862C1 (de) * 1998-10-29 2000-04-06 Alcatel Sa Thermooptischer Schalter

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WO2003048844A2 (fr) 2003-06-12
WO2003048844A3 (fr) 2003-10-02
GB0128987D0 (en) 2002-01-23
AU2002365722A8 (en) 2003-06-17

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MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase