DE69109386T2 - Herstellung von optischen Schaltern. - Google Patents

Herstellung von optischen Schaltern.

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Publication number
DE69109386T2
DE69109386T2 DE69109386T DE69109386T DE69109386T2 DE 69109386 T2 DE69109386 T2 DE 69109386T2 DE 69109386 T DE69109386 T DE 69109386T DE 69109386 T DE69109386 T DE 69109386T DE 69109386 T2 DE69109386 T2 DE 69109386T2
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Prior art keywords
manufacture
optical switches
switches
optical
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Expired - Fee Related
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DE69109386T
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DE69109386D1 (de
Inventor
Masanori Ueda
Hisashi Sawada
Akira Tanaka
Noboru Wakatsuki
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Fujitsu Ltd
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Fujitsu Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP18723590A external-priority patent/JP2970681B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP24935390A external-priority patent/JPH04128711A/ja
Application filed by Fujitsu Ltd filed Critical Fujitsu Ltd
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Publication of DE69109386D1 publication Critical patent/DE69109386D1/de
Publication of DE69109386T2 publication Critical patent/DE69109386T2/de
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Expired - Fee Related 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
    • G02B6/3502—Optical coupling means having switching means involving direct waveguide displacement, e.g. cantilever type waveguide displacement involving waveguide bending, or displacing an interposed waveguide between stationary waveguides
    • G02B6/3508—Lateral or transverse displacement of the whole waveguides, e.g. by varying the distance between opposed waveguide ends, or by mutual lateral displacement of opposed waveguide ends
    • 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
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3616—Holders, macro size fixtures for mechanically holding or positioning fibres, e.g. on an optical bench
    • 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
    • G02B6/354—Switching arrangements, i.e. number of input/output ports and interconnection types
    • G02B6/3544—2D constellations, i.e. with switching elements and switched beams located in a plane
    • G02B6/3546—NxM switch, i.e. a regular array of switches elements of matrix type constellation
    • 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
    • G02B6/3568—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details characterised by the actuating force
    • G02B6/3572—Magnetic force
    • 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
    • G02B6/3568—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details characterised by the actuating force
    • G02B6/3578—Piezoelectric force
    • 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
    • G02B6/358—Latching of the moving element, i.e. maintaining or holding the moving element in place once operation has been performed; includes a mechanically bistable system
    • 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
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3628—Mechanical coupling means for mounting fibres to supporting carriers
    • G02B6/3648—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures
    • G02B6/3652—Supporting carriers of a microbench type, i.e. with micromachined additional mechanical structures the additional structures being prepositioning mounting areas, allowing only movement in one dimension, e.g. grooves, trenches or vias in the microbench surface, i.e. self aligning supporting carriers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
DE69109386T 1990-07-17 1991-07-17 Herstellung von optischen Schaltern. Expired - Fee Related DE69109386T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP18723590A JP2970681B2 (ja) 1990-07-17 1990-07-17 光スイッチの製造方法及び光スイッチ
JP24935390A JPH04128711A (ja) 1990-09-19 1990-09-19 光スイッチの製造方法

Publications (2)

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DE69109386D1 DE69109386D1 (de) 1995-06-08
DE69109386T2 true DE69109386T2 (de) 1995-09-07

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DE69109386T Expired - Fee Related DE69109386T2 (de) 1990-07-17 1991-07-17 Herstellung von optischen Schaltern.

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US (1) US5187758A (de)
EP (1) EP0467672B1 (de)
DE (1) DE69109386T2 (de)

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JP4471545B2 (ja) * 2001-09-03 2010-06-02 三菱電機株式会社 光スイッチ
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US6898342B2 (en) * 2002-08-08 2005-05-24 Intel Corporation Fiber-aligning optical switch
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EP0467672A2 (de) 1992-01-22
EP0467672B1 (de) 1995-05-03
EP0467672A3 (en) 1992-04-22
US5187758A (en) 1993-02-16
DE69109386D1 (de) 1995-06-08

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