DE3878938D1 - Optischer schalter. - Google Patents

Optischer schalter.

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Publication number
DE3878938D1
DE3878938D1 DE8888300384T DE3878938T DE3878938D1 DE 3878938 D1 DE3878938 D1 DE 3878938D1 DE 8888300384 T DE8888300384 T DE 8888300384T DE 3878938 T DE3878938 T DE 3878938T DE 3878938 D1 DE3878938 D1 DE 3878938D1
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Prior art keywords
optical switch
switch
optical
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Expired - Fee Related
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DE8888300384T
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DE3878938T2 (de
Inventor
Kazuo Sakai
Yuichi Matsushima
Katsuyuki Utaka
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KDDI Corp
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Kokusai Denshin Denwa KK
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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
    • G02F1/3137—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure with intersecting or branching waveguides, e.g. X-switches and Y-junctions
    • G02F1/3138—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure with intersecting or branching waveguides, e.g. X-switches and Y-junctions the optical waveguides being made of semiconducting materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y20/00—Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
    • 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 
    • G02F1/015—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 semiconductor elements having potential barriers, e.g. having a PN or PIN junction
    • G02F1/017—Structures with periodic or quasi periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices, quantum wells
    • G02F1/01708—Structures with periodic or quasi periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices, quantum wells in an optical wavequide structure
    • 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 
    • G02F1/015—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 semiconductor elements having potential barriers, e.g. having a PN or PIN junction
    • G02F1/0151—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 semiconductor elements having potential barriers, e.g. having a PN or PIN junction modulating the refractive index
    • G02F1/0152—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 semiconductor elements having potential barriers, e.g. having a PN or PIN junction modulating the refractive index using free carrier effects, e.g. plasma effect

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Nanotechnology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
DE8888300384T 1987-01-19 1988-01-19 Optischer schalter. Expired - Fee Related DE3878938T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP62008199A JPH0721594B2 (ja) 1987-01-19 1987-01-19 光スイツチ

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DE3878938D1 true DE3878938D1 (de) 1993-04-15
DE3878938T2 DE3878938T2 (de) 1993-06-17

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US (1) US4795225A (de)
EP (1) EP0276115B1 (de)
JP (1) JPH0721594B2 (de)
DE (1) DE3878938T2 (de)

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JPH01134430A (ja) * 1987-11-20 1989-05-26 Oki Electric Ind Co Ltd 分布結合形光スイッチ
GB8814365D0 (en) * 1988-06-16 1988-07-20 Marconi Gec Ltd Optical devices
JP2733263B2 (ja) * 1988-10-04 1998-03-30 キヤノン株式会社 集積型光ノードおよびそれを用いたバス型光情報システム
US5033811A (en) * 1988-11-04 1991-07-23 The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. Optical switch
US5394491A (en) * 1989-01-30 1995-02-28 Hitachi, Ltd. Semiconductor optical switch and array of the same
JP2656598B2 (ja) * 1989-01-30 1997-09-24 株式会社日立製作所 半導体光スイッチ及び半導体光スイッチアレイ
US5422967A (en) * 1989-01-30 1995-06-06 Hitachi, Ltd. Self-routing optical switch and optical switch array
US5008717A (en) * 1989-03-03 1991-04-16 At&T Bell Laboratories Semiconductor device including cascaded modulation-doped quantum well heterostructures
US5144603A (en) * 1990-03-07 1992-09-01 Hitachi, Ltd. Optical head incorporating refractive index distribution changeable lens
JPH04125977A (ja) * 1990-09-17 1992-04-27 Nec Corp ヘテロ多重構造アバランシ・フォトダイオード
DE69115205T2 (de) * 1990-09-24 1996-06-27 Philips Electronics Nv Optisch schaltbare Vorrichtung.
US5173956A (en) * 1991-02-01 1992-12-22 Hughes Aircraft Company Thermally driven optical switch method and apparatus
US5148506A (en) * 1991-04-26 1992-09-15 Texas Instruments Incorporated Optical crossbar switch
US5369718A (en) * 1991-10-15 1994-11-29 The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. Total internal reflection-type optical waveguide switch
US6236772B1 (en) * 1997-08-01 2001-05-22 Advanced Photonics Technology, Inc. Linearized Y-fed directional coupler modulators
US6977764B1 (en) * 2004-06-15 2005-12-20 International Business Machines Corporation High-speed field-effect optical switch

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JPS60149030A (ja) * 1983-12-21 1985-08-06 Nec Corp 光スイツチ
JP2583480B2 (ja) * 1983-12-23 1997-02-19 株式会社日立製作所 光スイッチ及び光スイッチアレイ
JPS60173519A (ja) * 1984-02-06 1985-09-06 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 半導体光スイツチ
JPS60241028A (ja) * 1984-05-16 1985-11-29 Hitachi Ltd 光スイツチ
JPS60252329A (ja) * 1984-05-29 1985-12-13 Hitachi Ltd 光スイツチ

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US4795225A (en) 1989-01-03
EP0276115B1 (de) 1993-03-10
EP0276115A2 (de) 1988-07-27
JPS63177114A (ja) 1988-07-21
JPH0721594B2 (ja) 1995-03-08
DE3878938T2 (de) 1993-06-17
EP0276115A3 (en) 1989-07-26

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