SG54594A1 - Optical switch and switching method - Google Patents

Optical switch and switching method

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Publication number
SG54594A1
SG54594A1 SG1997004051A SG1997004051A SG54594A1 SG 54594 A1 SG54594 A1 SG 54594A1 SG 1997004051 A SG1997004051 A SG 1997004051A SG 1997004051 A SG1997004051 A SG 1997004051A SG 54594 A1 SG54594 A1 SG 54594A1
Authority
SG
Singapore
Prior art keywords
optical switch
switching method
switching
switch
optical
Prior art date
Application number
SG1997004051A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Kazuhito Saito
Takeo Komiya
Mitsuaki Tamura
Kazumasa Ozawa
Kenichi Tomita
Naoki Nakao
Masato Kuroiwa
Original Assignee
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
Sumitomo Electric Industries
Priority date (The priority date 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 date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from JP31086396A external-priority patent/JP2883587B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP1827297A external-priority patent/JPH10213755A/ja
Application filed by Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, Sumitomo Electric Industries filed Critical Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
Publication of SG54594A1 publication Critical patent/SG54594A1/en

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Classifications

    • 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
    • G02B6/3548—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
    • G02B6/358—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
    • 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
    • G02B6/3586—Control or adjustment details, e.g. calibrating
    • G02B6/3588—Control or adjustment details, e.g. calibrating of the processed beams, i.e. controlling during switching of orientation, alignment, or beam propagation properties such as intensity, size or shape
    • 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
    • G02B6/381—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres
    • G02B6/3818—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss type
    • G02B6/382—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres of a low-reflection-loss type with index-matching medium between light guides

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
  • Optical Couplings Of Light Guides (AREA)
SG1997004051A 1996-11-21 1997-11-13 Optical switch and switching method SG54594A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP31086396A JP2883587B2 (ja) 1996-11-21 1996-11-21 光スイッチ
JP1827297A JPH10213755A (ja) 1997-01-31 1997-01-31 光スイッチ

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
SG54594A1 true SG54594A1 (en) 1998-11-16

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SG1997004051A SG54594A1 (en) 1996-11-21 1997-11-13 Optical switch and switching method

Country Status (9)

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US (1) US6002819A (zh)
EP (1) EP0844506B1 (zh)
KR (1) KR19980042655A (zh)
CN (1) CN1183568A (zh)
CA (1) CA2219160A1 (zh)
DE (1) DE69724078T2 (zh)
ES (1) ES2200106T3 (zh)
ID (1) ID18965A (zh)
SG (1) SG54594A1 (zh)

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Publication number Publication date
CN1183568A (zh) 1998-06-03
DE69724078T2 (de) 2004-06-03
CA2219160A1 (en) 1998-05-21
US6002819A (en) 1999-12-14
ID18965A (id) 1998-05-28
EP0844506B1 (en) 2003-08-13
DE69724078D1 (de) 2003-09-18
EP0844506A1 (en) 1998-05-27
KR19980042655A (ko) 1998-08-17
ES2200106T3 (es) 2004-03-01

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