Optical fibre switching assembly

Details Optical fibre switching assembly Optical fibre switching assembly

2006-09-12

2006-09-12

Ullah, Akm Enayet (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Switch

Reexamination Certificate

active

07106925

ABSTRACT:
An optical guide switching assembly in which steering devices are used to assembly deflect radiation from a transmitting guide to a selected receiving guide. Each of the steering devices includes a collimator for light emerging from the transmitting guide and an actuator to cause relative movement between the collimator and the guide to cause the deflection, or to move the guide and collimator together. The actuator can be piezoelectric and of either a foil type, or a monolithic type, and mechanical leverage can be used to improve deflection. Capacitive sensing means provide positional information for feedback control, preferably in a diagonal switching arrangement.

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