JPS57139704A - Optical switch - Google Patents

Optical switch

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Publication number
JPS57139704A
JPS57139704A JP2593081A JP2593081A JPS57139704A JP S57139704 A JPS57139704 A JP S57139704A JP 2593081 A JP2593081 A JP 2593081A JP 2593081 A JP2593081 A JP 2593081A JP S57139704 A JPS57139704 A JP S57139704A
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Prior art keywords
groove
lens
optical fiber
fiber
trapezoidal groove
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Pending
Application number
JP2593081A
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Japanese (ja)
Inventor
Tetsuya Yamazaki
Takashi Kishimoto
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Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd
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Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd
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Publication date
Application filed by Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd filed Critical Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd
Priority to JP2593081A priority Critical patent/JPS57139704A/en
Priority to CA000396798A priority patent/CA1193477A/en
Priority to FR8202971A priority patent/FR2500642B1/en
Priority to DE19823206600 priority patent/DE3206600A1/en
Priority to GB8205416A priority patent/GB2097550B/en
Publication of JPS57139704A publication Critical patent/JPS57139704A/en
Priority to GB08414914A priority patent/GB2141256B/en
Priority to FR8410267A priority patent/FR2545617A1/en
Pending 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
    • G02B6/351—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
    • G02B6/352—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 having a shaped reflective surface, e.g. a reflective element comprising several reflective surfaces or facets that function together
    • 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
    • G02B6/32—Optical coupling means having lens focusing means positioned between opposed fibre 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
    • G02B6/34—Optical coupling means utilising prism or grating
    • 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
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3833—Details of mounting fibres in ferrules; Assembly methods; Manufacture
    • G02B6/3834—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule
    • G02B6/3838—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule using grooves for light guides
    • G02B6/3839—Means for centering or aligning the light guide within the ferrule using grooves for light guides for a plurality of light guides
    • 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
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
    • G02B6/3885—Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type
    • 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
    • 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)

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate an easy assembly and at the same time to increase the reproducibility of an optical switch, by forming a trapezoidal groove on a substrate containing an optical fiber and a lens of refractive index distribution type which are fixed to a V-groove and setting a prism in a movable way into the trapezoidal groove. CONSTITUTION:As illustrated in the figure, a V groove and a trapezoidal groove are formed on a substrate 20 made of the silicon single crystal by means of the photolithography and the anisotropic ethcing. Then a lens 15 of refractive index distribution type is set to a wide groove 26, and an optical fiber 14 is put to a narrow V-groove 27 respectively. The ends faces of the lens 15 and the fiber 14 are joined to each other with a transparent adhesive layer, and at the same time the desired parts of these end faces are adhered to the side wall of th groove 27. A prism 16 is slided within a trapezoidal groove 30 to switch and transmit selectively the light given from the fiber 14 to an optical fiber 17 or 18.
JP2593081A 1981-02-24 1981-02-24 Optical switch Pending JPS57139704A (en)

Priority Applications (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2593081A JPS57139704A (en) 1981-02-24 1981-02-24 Optical switch
CA000396798A CA1193477A (en) 1981-02-24 1982-02-23 Fixing substrate for optical fibers
FR8202971A FR2500642B1 (en) 1981-02-24 1982-02-23 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FIXING OPTICAL FIBERS AND LENSES AND METHOD FOR THEIR PREPARATION AS WELL AS DEVICE USING THE SAME
DE19823206600 DE3206600A1 (en) 1981-02-24 1982-02-24 FIXING STRUCTURE FOR FIXING OPTICAL FIBERS AND LENSES OF THE GRADIENT TYPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A FIXING STRUCTURE AND DEVICE WITH SUCH A FIXING STRUCTURE
GB8205416A GB2097550B (en) 1981-02-24 1982-02-24 Silicon substrate structures for fixing optical fibers and lenses
GB08414914A GB2141256B (en) 1981-02-24 1984-06-12 Silicon substrate structures for fixing optical fibers and graded index lenses
FR8410267A FR2545617A1 (en) 1981-02-24 1984-06-28 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FIXING OPTICAL FIBERS AND LENSES AND METHOD FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND DEVICE USING SAME

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2593081A JPS57139704A (en) 1981-02-24 1981-02-24 Optical switch

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
JPS57139704A true JPS57139704A (en) 1982-08-28

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Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
JP2593081A Pending JPS57139704A (en) 1981-02-24 1981-02-24 Optical switch

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JP (1) JPS57139704A (en)

Cited By (15)

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US4854660A (en) * 1988-07-12 1989-08-08 Amp Incorporated Linear translation switch with optical fibers
US5004318A (en) * 1989-09-06 1991-04-02 Nihon Kaiheiki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Small optical fiber switch
US5090791A (en) * 1988-09-16 1992-02-25 John S. Kidder Self-illuminated fibre optic switch
US5208880A (en) * 1992-04-30 1993-05-04 General Electric Company Microdynamical fiber-optic switch and method of switching using same
US5225942A (en) * 1991-02-25 1993-07-06 Ando Electric Co., Ltd. Optical signal band-pass filter module
US5440655A (en) * 1993-12-29 1995-08-08 At&T Corp. Optical fiber connector bypass device and method using same
US6137926A (en) * 1996-08-12 2000-10-24 Maynard; Ronald S. Hybrid optical multi-axis beam steering apparatus
EP1237021A2 (en) * 2001-02-27 2002-09-04 Ngk Insulators, Ltd. Substrate for mounting optical parts, method of manufacturing the substrate, and assembly using the substrate
WO2002095467A3 (en) * 2001-05-18 2003-05-15 Chromux Technologies Inc Reconfigurable optical add/drop module
US6711321B2 (en) 2000-01-20 2004-03-23 Japan Science And Technology Corporation Mechanical optical switch and method for manufacturing the same
WO2004104673A1 (en) * 2003-05-26 2004-12-02 Nidec Sankyo Corporation Optical switch device
CN100378498C (en) * 2003-05-26 2008-04-02 欧姆龙株式会社 Optical switch device
WO2013039766A1 (en) * 2011-09-13 2013-03-21 Corning Cable Systems Llc Gradient index (grin) lens holders employing a recessed cover, and optical connectors and methods incorporating the same
WO2013086117A3 (en) * 2011-12-09 2013-08-15 Corning Cable Systems Llc Gradient index (grin) lens holders employing groove alignment features(s) in recessed cover and single piece components, connectors, and methods
US9753235B2 (en) 2011-12-09 2017-09-05 Corning Optical Communications LLC Gradient index (GRIN) lens holders employing groove alignment feature(s) and total internal reflection (TIR) surface, and related components, connectors, and methods

Cited By (21)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4854660A (en) * 1988-07-12 1989-08-08 Amp Incorporated Linear translation switch with optical fibers
US5090791A (en) * 1988-09-16 1992-02-25 John S. Kidder Self-illuminated fibre optic switch
US5004318A (en) * 1989-09-06 1991-04-02 Nihon Kaiheiki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Small optical fiber switch
US5225942A (en) * 1991-02-25 1993-07-06 Ando Electric Co., Ltd. Optical signal band-pass filter module
US5208880A (en) * 1992-04-30 1993-05-04 General Electric Company Microdynamical fiber-optic switch and method of switching using same
US5440655A (en) * 1993-12-29 1995-08-08 At&T Corp. Optical fiber connector bypass device and method using same
US6137926A (en) * 1996-08-12 2000-10-24 Maynard; Ronald S. Hybrid optical multi-axis beam steering apparatus
US6711321B2 (en) 2000-01-20 2004-03-23 Japan Science And Technology Corporation Mechanical optical switch and method for manufacturing the same
EP1237021A3 (en) * 2001-02-27 2004-04-14 Ngk Insulators, Ltd. Substrate for mounting optical parts, method of manufacturing the substrate, and assembly using the substrate
EP1237021A2 (en) * 2001-02-27 2002-09-04 Ngk Insulators, Ltd. Substrate for mounting optical parts, method of manufacturing the substrate, and assembly using the substrate
WO2002095467A3 (en) * 2001-05-18 2003-05-15 Chromux Technologies Inc Reconfigurable optical add/drop module
WO2004104673A1 (en) * 2003-05-26 2004-12-02 Nidec Sankyo Corporation Optical switch device
US7194153B1 (en) 2003-05-26 2007-03-20 Omron Corporation Optical switch device
CN100378498C (en) * 2003-05-26 2008-04-02 欧姆龙株式会社 Optical switch device
WO2013039766A1 (en) * 2011-09-13 2013-03-21 Corning Cable Systems Llc Gradient index (grin) lens holders employing a recessed cover, and optical connectors and methods incorporating the same
US9651743B2 (en) 2011-09-13 2017-05-16 Corning Optical Communications LLC Gradient index (GRIN) lens holders employing a recessed cover, and optical connectors and methods incorporating the same
US10114177B2 (en) 2011-09-13 2018-10-30 Corning Optical Communications LLC Translating lens holder assemblies employing bore relief zones, and optical connectors incorporating the same
WO2013086117A3 (en) * 2011-12-09 2013-08-15 Corning Cable Systems Llc Gradient index (grin) lens holders employing groove alignment features(s) in recessed cover and single piece components, connectors, and methods
CN104160315A (en) * 2011-12-09 2014-11-19 康宁光电通信有限责任公司 Gradient index (GRIN) lens holders employing groove alignment features(s) in recessed cover and single piece components, connectors, and methods
US9645329B2 (en) 2011-12-09 2017-05-09 Corning Optical Communications LLC Gradient index (GRIN) lens holders employing groove alignment feature(s) in recessed cover and single piece components, connectors, and methods
US9753235B2 (en) 2011-12-09 2017-09-05 Corning Optical Communications LLC Gradient index (GRIN) lens holders employing groove alignment feature(s) and total internal reflection (TIR) surface, and related components, connectors, and methods

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