Patent
1984-08-20
1987-07-14
Sikes, William L.
350 9614, 350 9617, 350 9629, 350 9630, G02B 626
Patent
active
046798943
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an electrically switchable fiber optic directional coupler. Two oppositely oriented blocks of an interaction material are placed adjacent the fibers in an evanescent field coupler. Application of an electromagnetic field to the interaction material increases the refractive index of one fiber and decreases the refractive index of the other. The change in refractive indices of the blocks of the interaction material increases the propagation constant of one fiber and decreases that of the other fiber. The coupling of optical signals between the fibers may be varied between zero and l00% by controlling the applied field to change the propagation constants between values that provide complete cross coupling of light from one fiber into the other and straight through propagation provides an electrically controllable switching action.
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Healy Brian M.
Litton Systems Inc.
Lynn John H.
Sikes William L.
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