Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Switch
Patent
1993-10-27
1994-11-22
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Switch
385131, 385132, 385 40, G02B 610
Patent
active
053675851
ABSTRACT:
A microelectromechanical photonic switch includes first and second waveguides. Insulative cladding containing a gap and having a lower refractive index than the refractive indices of the first and second waveguides is situated between the first and second waveguides. One electrode comprising an at least partially transparent material is situated on the same side of the gap as the second waveguide. An additional electrode is provided either on the same side of the gap as the first waveguide or over a piezoelectric strip above a cladding layer on the second waveguide. At least one of the electrodes is capable of being advanced towards the other of the electrodes so as to cause one of the first and second waveguides to advance towards the other of the first and second waveguides.
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Ghezzo Mario
Polla Dennis L.
Saia Richard J.
Yakymyshyn Christopher P.
General Electric Company
Heartney Phan Thi
Kratz Ann M.
Lee John D.
Snyder Marvin
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