AU2003281408A1 - Cantilever, light beam control device, variable light attenuator, and variable light attenuating device - Google Patents

Cantilever, light beam control device, variable light attenuator, and variable light attenuating device

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Publication number
AU2003281408A1
AU2003281408A1 AU2003281408A AU2003281408A AU2003281408A1 AU 2003281408 A1 AU2003281408 A1 AU 2003281408A1 AU 2003281408 A AU2003281408 A AU 2003281408A AU 2003281408 A AU2003281408 A AU 2003281408A AU 2003281408 A1 AU2003281408 A1 AU 2003281408A1
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Australia
Prior art keywords
variable light
cantilever
beam control
control device
attenuator
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
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AU2003281408A
Other versions
AU2003281408A8 (en
Inventor
Keiichi Akagawa
Tohru Ishizuya
Masatoshi Kanaya
Katsuhiko Kurumada
Junji Suzuki
Yoshihiko Suzuki
Toshiaki Tamamura
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NTT Electronics Corp
Nikon Corp
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NTT Electronics Corp
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Publication date
Priority claimed from JP2002200474A external-priority patent/JP3572062B2/en
Priority claimed from JP2002361298A external-priority patent/JP2004191779A/en
Application filed by NTT Electronics Corp filed Critical NTT Electronics Corp
Publication of AU2003281408A1 publication Critical patent/AU2003281408A1/en
Publication of AU2003281408A8 publication Critical patent/AU2003281408A8/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/3564—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details
    • G02B6/3582—Housing means or package or arranging details of the switching elements, e.g. for thermal isolation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/351—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements
    • G02B6/353—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being a shutter, baffle, beam dump or opaque element
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/3564—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details
    • G02B6/3566—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details involving bending a beam, e.g. with cantilever
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/3594—Characterised by additional functional means, e.g. means for variably attenuating or branching or means for switching differently polarized beams
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/3596—With planar waveguide arrangement, i.e. in a substrate, regardless if actuating mechanism is outside the substrate

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
AU2003281408A 2002-07-09 2003-07-08 Cantilever, light beam control device, variable light attenuator, and variable light attenuating device Abandoned AU2003281408A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2002200474A JP3572062B2 (en) 2002-07-09 2002-07-09 Cantilever and light beam adjusting device
JP2002-200474 2002-07-09
JP2002-361298 2002-12-12
JP2002361298A JP2004191779A (en) 2002-12-12 2002-12-12 Variable light attenuator and variable light attenuating device using the same
PCT/JP2003/008650 WO2004005997A1 (en) 2002-07-09 2003-07-08 Cantilever, light beam control device, variable light attenuator, and variable light attenuating device

Publications (2)

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AU2003281408A1 true AU2003281408A1 (en) 2004-01-23
AU2003281408A8 AU2003281408A8 (en) 2004-01-23

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WO (1) WO2004005997A1 (en)

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JPH01200317A (en) * 1988-02-05 1989-08-11 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Optical switch
JPH11167078A (en) * 1997-12-05 1999-06-22 Nikon Corp Optical shutter and its manufacture
JP3941205B2 (en) * 1997-12-10 2007-07-04 株式会社ニコン Micro shutter array and manufacturing method thereof
JP2002023069A (en) * 2000-07-12 2002-01-23 Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd Optical switch
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MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase