AU4431299A

AU4431299A – High reliability fiber coupled optical switch
– Google Patents

AU4431299A – High reliability fiber coupled optical switch
– Google Patents
High reliability fiber coupled optical switch

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Publication number
AU4431299A

AU4431299A
AU44312/99A
AU4431299A
AU4431299A
AU 4431299 A
AU4431299 A
AU 4431299A
AU 44312/99 A
AU44312/99 A
AU 44312/99A
AU 4431299 A
AU4431299 A
AU 4431299A
AU 4431299 A
AU4431299 A
AU 4431299A
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
high reliability
optical switch
fiber coupled
coupled optical
reliability fiber
Prior art date
1998-06-19
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.)

Abandoned

Application number
AU44312/99A
Inventor
William L. Deboynton
Eliseo R. Ranalli
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.)

Corning Inc

Original Assignee
Corning Inc
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.)
1998-06-19
Filing date
1999-06-11
Publication date
2000-01-05

1999-06-11
Application filed by Corning Inc
filed
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Corning Inc

2000-01-05
Publication of AU4431299A
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patent/AU4431299A/en

Status
Abandoned
legal-status
Critical
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Classifications

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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

G02B6/359—Control or adjustment details, e.g. calibrating of the position of the moving element itself during switching, i.e. without monitoring the switched beams

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

G02B6/2821—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 lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals

G02B6/2826—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 lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals using mechanical machining means for shaping of the couplers, e.g. grinding or polishing

G02B6/283—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 lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals using mechanical machining means for shaping of the couplers, e.g. grinding or polishing couplers being tunable or adjustable

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

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

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

G02B6/3572—Magnetic force

AU44312/99A
1998-06-19
1999-06-11
High reliability fiber coupled optical switch

Abandoned

AU4431299A
(en)

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1998-06-19
1998-06-19

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1998-06-19

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1998-06-19
1999-06-11
High reliability fiber coupled optical switch

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1998-06-19
1999-06-11
High reliability fiber coupled optical switch

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