CA1142003A - Interrupteur par voie optique - Google Patents

Interrupteur par voie optique

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Publication number
CA1142003A
CA1142003A CA000366971A CA366971A CA1142003A CA 1142003 A CA1142003 A CA 1142003A CA 000366971 A CA000366971 A CA 000366971A CA 366971 A CA366971 A CA 366971A CA 1142003 A CA1142003 A CA 1142003A
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Prior art keywords
lenses
movable lens
lens
movable
motor
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
CA000366971A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Gary S. Duck
Masamichi Yataki
Jozef Straus
William J. Sinclair
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.)
Nortel Networks Corp
Original Assignee
Northern Telecom Ltd
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Priority to CA000366971A priority Critical patent/CA1142003A/fr
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Publication of CA1142003A publication Critical patent/CA1142003A/fr
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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
    • G02B6/3502—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
    • G02B6/3504—Rotating, tilting or pivoting the waveguides, or with the waveguides describing a curved path
    • 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
    • G02B6/351—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
    • G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
    • G02B6/354—Switching arrangements, i.e. number of input/output ports and interconnection types
    • G02B6/3554—3D constellations, i.e. with switching elements and switched beams located in a volume
    • G02B6/3556—NxM switch, i.e. regular arrays 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
    • G02B6/3554—3D constellations, i.e. with switching elements and switched beams located in a volume
    • G02B6/3558—1xN switch, i.e. one input and a selectable single output of N possible outputs

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
CA000366971A 1980-12-17 1980-12-17 Interrupteur par voie optique Expired CA1142003A (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

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CA000366971A CA1142003A (fr) 1980-12-17 1980-12-17 Interrupteur par voie optique

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CA000366971A CA1142003A (fr) 1980-12-17 1980-12-17 Interrupteur par voie optique

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CA1142003A true CA1142003A (fr) 1983-03-01

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2622305A1 (fr) * 1987-10-22 1989-04-28 Commissariat Energie Atomique Commutateur optique et systeme de controle spectrometrique utilisant ce commutateur
CN102722001A (zh) * 2011-03-30 2012-10-10 捷耀光通讯股份有限公司 光切换装置
CN113640919A (zh) * 2021-08-25 2021-11-12 华北电力大学（保定） 一种可实现多路光纤自动切换的光纤贯通盘

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2622305A1 (fr) * 1987-10-22 1989-04-28 Commissariat Energie Atomique Commutateur optique et systeme de controle spectrometrique utilisant ce commutateur
CN102722001A (zh) * 2011-03-30 2012-10-10 捷耀光通讯股份有限公司 光切换装置
CN113640919A (zh) * 2021-08-25 2021-11-12 华北电力大学（保定） 一种可实现多路光纤自动切换的光纤贯通盘

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