IL143062A0 - Opto-mechanical valve and valve array for fiber-optic communication - Google Patents

Opto-mechanical valve and valve array for fiber-optic communication

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Publication number
IL143062A0
IL143062A0 IL14306200A IL14306200A IL143062A0 IL 143062 A0 IL143062 A0 IL 143062A0 IL 14306200 A IL14306200 A IL 14306200A IL 14306200 A IL14306200 A IL 14306200A IL 143062 A0 IL143062 A0 IL 143062A0
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Israel
Prior art keywords
valve
opto
fiber
optic communication
array
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Application number
IL14306200A
Original Assignee
Memlink Ltd
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Publication of IL143062A0 publication Critical patent/IL143062A0/en

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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
    • G02B6/351—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements
    • G02B6/3512—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being reflective, e.g. mirror
    • G02B6/3518—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being reflective, e.g. mirror the reflective optical element being an intrinsic part of a MEMS device, i.e. fabricated together with the MEMS device
    • 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
    • G02B6/3512—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being reflective, e.g. mirror
    • G02B6/3514—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being reflective, e.g. mirror the reflective optical element moving along a line so as to translate into and out of the beam path, i.e. across the beam 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
    • G02B6/354—Switching arrangements, i.e. number of input/output ports and interconnection types
    • G02B6/3554—3D constellations, i.e. with switching elements and switched beams located in a volume
    • G02B6/3556—NxM switch, i.e. regular arrays 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
    • G02B6/357—Electrostatic 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
    • G02B6/3584—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details constructional details of an associated actuator having a MEMS construction, i.e. constructed using semiconductor technology such as etching
IL14306200A 1999-02-11 2000-02-10 Opto-mechanical valve and valve array for fiber-optic communication IL143062A0 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US11962599P 1999-02-11 1999-02-11
US12386599P 1999-03-11 1999-03-11
PCT/US2000/003354 WO2000052835A2 (en) 1999-02-11 2000-02-10 Opto-mechanical valve and valve array for fiber-optic communication

Publications (1)

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IL143062A0 true IL143062A0 (en) 2002-04-21

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EP (1) EP1151335A2 (en)
AU (1) AU2876800A (en)
CA (1) CA2377377A1 (en)
IL (1) IL143062A0 (en)
WO (1) WO2000052835A2 (en)

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US20020009256A1 (en) * 1999-07-20 2002-01-24 Memlink Ltd. Variable optical attenuator and beam splitter
CA2300780C (en) 2000-03-15 2007-08-07 Nortel Networks Corporation Integrated photonic switch
US6516109B2 (en) 2000-05-30 2003-02-04 Siwave, Inc. Low insertion loss non-blocking optical switch
US6647164B1 (en) 2000-10-31 2003-11-11 3M Innovative Properties Company Gimbaled micro-mirror positionable by thermal actuators
US6711318B2 (en) 2001-01-29 2004-03-23 3M Innovative Properties Company Optical switch based on rotating vertical micro-mirror
JP4023584B2 (en) * 2001-03-02 2007-12-19 富士通株式会社 Light switch
DE10333196A1 (en) * 2003-07-22 2005-03-03 Monty Knopp Data storage method with MEMS-switch filters, involves storing and compressing binary discrete information items into common wavelength of electromagnetic spectrum
US7263245B2 (en) 2005-03-14 2007-08-28 The Boeing Company Method and apparatus for optically powering and multiplexing distributed fiber optic sensors

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US6031946A (en) * 1998-04-16 2000-02-29 Lucent Technologies Inc. Moving mirror switch

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WO2000052835A2 (en) 2000-09-08
AU2876800A (en) 2000-09-21
WO2000052835A3 (en) 2000-12-21
EP1151335A2 (en) 2001-11-07
CA2377377A1 (en) 2000-09-08

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