JPS6150294B2 - - Google Patents

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Publication number
JPS6150294B2
JPS6150294B2 JP13876680A JP13876680A JPS6150294B2 JP S6150294 B2 JPS6150294 B2 JP S6150294B2 JP 13876680 A JP13876680 A JP 13876680A JP 13876680 A JP13876680 A JP 13876680A JP S6150294 B2 JPS6150294 B2 JP S6150294B2
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Japan
Prior art keywords
refractive index
optical waveguide
waveguide film
low refractive
thin plate
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
JP13876680A
Other languages
English (en)
Japanese (ja)
Other versions
JPS5763501A (en
Inventor
Hiroshi Terui
Morio Kobayashi
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
Original Assignee
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
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Publication date
Application filed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp filed Critical Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
Priority to JP13876680A priority Critical patent/JPS5763501A/ja
Priority to US06/222,650 priority patent/US4365862A/en
Priority to GB8100575A priority patent/GB2070271B/en
Priority to CA000368445A priority patent/CA1155934A/en
Priority to NLAANVRAGE8100175,A priority patent/NL185037C/xx
Priority to FR8100809A priority patent/FR2475239B1/fr
Priority to DE3101415A priority patent/DE3101415A1/de
Publication of JPS5763501A publication Critical patent/JPS5763501A/ja
Publication of JPS6150294B2 publication Critical patent/JPS6150294B2/ja
Granted 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
    • G02B6/3536—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
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G02F1/315—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching based on the use of controlled internal reflection
    • 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
    • G02B6/26—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

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
JP13876680A 1980-01-18 1980-10-06 Thin film type optical switch Granted JPS5763501A (en)

Priority Applications (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP13876680A JPS5763501A (en) 1980-10-06 1980-10-06 Thin film type optical switch
US06/222,650 US4365862A (en) 1980-01-18 1981-01-05 Optical switch
GB8100575A GB2070271B (en) 1980-01-18 1981-01-09 Optical switch
CA000368445A CA1155934A (en) 1980-01-18 1981-01-13 Optical switch
NLAANVRAGE8100175,A NL185037C (nl) 1980-01-18 1981-01-15 Optische schakelaar en optische schakelketen.
FR8100809A FR2475239B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1980-01-18 1981-01-16
DE3101415A DE3101415A1 (de) 1980-01-18 1981-01-17 Optischer schalter

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP13876680A JPS5763501A (en) 1980-10-06 1980-10-06 Thin film type optical switch

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
JPS5763501A JPS5763501A (en) 1982-04-17
JPS6150294B2 true JPS6150294B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1986-11-04

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
JP13876680A Granted JPS5763501A (en) 1980-01-18 1980-10-06 Thin film type optical switch

Country Status (1)

Country Link
JP (1) JPS5763501A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS61217024A (ja) * 1985-03-22 1986-09-26 Omron Tateisi Electronics Co 複数の基板間の光結合装置

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JPS5763501A (en) 1982-04-17

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