JPS59500433A - 多面光学膜スイッチ装置 - Google Patents

多面光学膜スイッチ装置

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JPS59500433A
JPS59500433A JP58501350A JP50135083A JPS59500433A JP S59500433 A JPS59500433 A JP S59500433A JP 58501350 A JP58501350 A JP 58501350A JP 50135083 A JP50135083 A JP 50135083A JP S59500433 A JPS59500433 A JP S59500433A
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groove
grooves
light
members
optical
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JP58501350A
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Japanese (ja)
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JPH0548442B2 (enExample
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エリ・リチヤ−ド・アイ
ス−バレイオウ・ヴアンナバ・ブイ
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バロ−ス・コ−ポレ−ション
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Publication of JPS59500433A publication Critical patent/JPS59500433A/ja
Publication of JPH0548442B2 publication Critical patent/JPH0548442B2/ja
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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
    • G02B6/3536—Optical coupling means having switching means involving evanescent coupling variation, e.g. by a moving element such as a membrane which changes the effective refractive index
    • 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
    • G02B6/2852—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 tapping light guides arranged sidewardly, e.g. in a non-parallel relationship with respect to the bus light guides (light extraction or launching through cladding, with or without surface discontinuities, bent structures)
    • 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
    • G02B6/3574—Mechanical force, e.g. pressure variations

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Elements Other Than Lenses (AREA)
  • Switches Operated By Changes In Physical Conditions (AREA)
  • Push-Button Switches (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
JP58501350A 1982-03-16 1983-03-15 多面光学膜スイッチ装置 Granted JPS59500433A (ja)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US358823HUJP 1982-03-16
US06/358,823 US4480183A (en) 1982-03-16 1982-03-16 Multi-plane optical membrane switch apparatus

Publications (2)

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JPS59500433A true JPS59500433A (ja) 1984-03-15
JPH0548442B2 JPH0548442B2 (enExample) 1993-07-21

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JP58501350A Granted JPS59500433A (ja) 1982-03-16 1983-03-15 多面光学膜スイッチ装置

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US (1) US4480183A (enExample)
EP (1) EP0089236B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JPS59500433A (enExample)
CA (1) CA1209832A (enExample)
DE (1) DE3378431D1 (enExample)
WO (1) WO1983003311A1 (enExample)

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Citations (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS5875103A (ja) * 1981-10-29 1983-05-06 Matsushita Electric Works Ltd 光スイツチ

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US3982123A (en) * 1974-11-11 1976-09-21 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Optical fiber power taps
US4013342A (en) * 1975-12-19 1977-03-22 Narodny Leo H Keyboard using optical switching
DE3010971A1 (de) * 1980-03-21 1981-10-08 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Verfahren zur herstellung eines optischen 4-tor-kopplers
US4360247A (en) * 1981-01-19 1982-11-23 Gould Inc. Evanescent fiber optic pressure sensor apparatus

Patent Citations (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS5875103A (ja) * 1981-10-29 1983-05-06 Matsushita Electric Works Ltd 光スイツチ

Also Published As

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DE3378431D1 (en) 1988-12-15
WO1983003311A1 (en) 1983-09-29
EP0089236A3 (en) 1986-07-16
CA1209832A (en) 1986-08-19
US4480183A (en) 1984-10-30
JPH0548442B2 (enExample) 1993-07-21
EP0089236A2 (en) 1983-09-21
EP0089236B1 (en) 1988-11-09

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