Optical fiber array alignment unit

Details Optical fiber array alignment unit Optical fiber array alignment unit

2007-03-26

2009-06-16

Pak, Sung H (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

Accessories

External retainer/clamp

C385S018000, C385S033000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07548682

ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber alignment unit for the easy precise alignment of optical fibers in and array. In a preferred embodiment the positioning array is incorporated twice in an all optical cross connect switch utilizing MEMS mirrors for cross connecting optical fibers in a first set of optical fibers to optical fibers in a second set of optical fibers. The optical fibers are preferably arranged in rectangular arrays. These arrays include array sizes such as 4×8, 16×16 and 8×16. A preferred embodiment built and tested by Applicants is a modular optical switch in which an input 8×16 array of optical fibers from sixteen eight-fiber ribbons are cross-connected into an output 8×16 array of optical fibers also from sixteen eight-fiber ribbons.

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