Optical multi-fibre switch

Details Optical multi-fibre switch Optical multi-fibre switch

1986-01-10

1987-03-24

Lee, John

G02B 636

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046520813

ABSTRACT:
A switch for switching a single fibre to any one of a plurality of fibres by aligning their end faces is composed of a funnel-shaped guide. The single fibre is mounted in the narrow end portion of the guide and the plurality of fibres are held in the wide end of the guide. Each of the plurality of fibres is independently movable longitudinally into the guide, for example using electromagnetic actuators, so that as a desired fibre moves further into the guide, its end is guided towards the narrow end where it will align with the end of the single fibre.

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Yamamoto et al, "Moving Optical--Fiber Switch Experiment", Applied Optics, vol. 17, No. 22, Nov. 1978, pp. 3675-3678.

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