ES453197A1 - Dispositivo conmutador de mando mecanico para permutar la conexion optica de al menos un primer haz de fibras opticas de uno a otro de n, segundos haces de fibras opticas. - Google Patents

Dispositivo conmutador de mando mecanico para permutar la conexion optica de al menos un primer haz de fibras opticas de uno a otro de n, segundos haces de fibras opticas.

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ES453197A1
ES453197A1 ES453197A ES453197A ES453197A1 ES 453197 A1 ES453197 A1 ES 453197A1 ES 453197 A ES453197 A ES 453197A ES 453197 A ES453197 A ES 453197A ES 453197 A1 ES453197 A1 ES 453197A1
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mixer
fibers
fixed part
optical fiber
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ES453197A
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Thales SA
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Thomson CSF SA
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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
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2808—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using a mixing element which evenly distributes an input signal over a number of outputs
    • 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
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2848—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers having refractive means, e.g. imaging elements between light guides as splitting, branching and/or combining devices, e.g. lenses, holograms
    • 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
    • G02B6/3504—Rotating, tilting or pivoting the waveguides, or with the waveguides describing a curved path
    • 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
    • G02B6/26—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
    • G02B6/354—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
    • G02B6/3548—1xN switch, i.e. one input and a selectable single output of N possible outputs
    • G02B6/355—1x2 switch, i.e. one input and a selectable single output of two possible outputs
    • 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

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  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
ES453197A 1975-11-12 1976-11-11 Dispositivo conmutador de mando mecanico para permutar la conexion optica de al menos un primer haz de fibras opticas de uno a otro de n, segundos haces de fibras opticas. Expired ES453197A1 (es)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR7534486A FR2331801A1 (fr) 1975-11-12 1975-11-12 Commutateur a commande mecanique pour liaisons par faisceaux de fibres optiques

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ES453197A1 true ES453197A1 (es) 1977-11-16

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Country Status (5)

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DE (1) DE2651776A1 (es)
ES (1) ES453197A1 (es)
FR (1) FR2331801A1 (es)
GB (1) GB1559615A (es)
IT (1) IT1073832B (es)

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CA1093359A (en) * 1977-08-09 1981-01-13 Elmer H. Hara Broadband switching system utilizing optical fiber waveguides
FR2479993A1 (fr) * 1980-04-04 1981-10-09 Thomson Csf Commutateur optique a commande mecanique et dispositif optoelectronique autoreparable mettant en oeuvre un tel commutateur
JPS57186703A (en) * 1981-05-13 1982-11-17 Toshiba Corp Optical switch
JPS6246170Y2 (es) * 1981-05-29 1987-12-11
NL8104104A (nl) * 1981-09-04 1983-04-05 Philips Nv Distributiesysteem voor een lokaal fibernet.
US4441785A (en) * 1981-10-29 1984-04-10 International Business Machines Corporation Rotary fiber optic switch
FR2547150A1 (fr) * 1983-05-31 1984-12-07 Cit Alcatel Commutateur opto-mecanique et ensemble de commutation spatiale le mettant en application
US4650278A (en) * 1983-10-31 1987-03-17 Northern Telecom Limited Fiber optic access nodes
US4660204A (en) * 1984-08-02 1987-04-21 Hughes Aircraft Company CO2 TEA laser utilizing an intra-cavity prism Q-switch
US4655544A (en) * 1985-01-23 1987-04-07 Galvin John J Electrical shock proof fiber optic control system
DE4012730C1 (es) * 1990-04-21 1991-08-22 Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gmbh, 8012 Ottobrunn, De
DE19526442A1 (de) * 1995-07-20 1997-01-30 Deutsche Telekom Ag Faseroptischer Vielfachschalter
US6404943B1 (en) * 1999-10-08 2002-06-11 Agilent Technologies, Inc. Apparatus and method for directing optical signals using a movable optical switching element

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GB1559615A (en) 1980-01-23
DE2651776A1 (de) 1977-05-18
FR2331801A1 (fr) 1977-06-10
IT1073832B (it) 1985-04-17
FR2331801B1 (es) 1978-04-14

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