Coupler-type optical switch and process for producing the same

Details Coupler-type optical switch and process for producing the same Coupler-type optical switch and process for producing the same

1990-09-09

1992-04-28

Lee, John D.

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Switch

385 40, 385 50, 385141, G02B 626

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051082004

ABSTRACT:
A coupler-type optical switch and a process for producing the same are disclosed, which coupler-type optical switch comprises an optical fiber coupler and a medium surrounding the photocoupler part of the optical fiber coupler and in which the refractive index of the medium is controllable, the medium comprising an energy-curing resin or a transparent liquid material and, dispersed or dissolved in the resin or liquid material, an optical material whose refractive index changes by the action of an electric or magnetic field.

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patent: 4965020 (1990-10-01), Allen et al.
Abstract of JP-A-60 107 606 Fujikura Densen K.K. in Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 9, No. 257 Oct. 15, 1985.

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