Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Switch
Patent
1997-10-14
1999-08-17
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Switch
385 33, 385 47, G02B 635
Patent
active
059405520
ABSTRACT:
An optical switch 10 has a first waveguide I arranged in a first set, 2.sup.N waveguides in a second set, and N number of successive refractive elements between ends of the waveguides and a reflector 9, wherein an output signal is coupled to any of the 2.sup.N waveguides by pivoting said refractive elements to selected binary states.
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Fair, Jr. Robert Nelson
Kane Casey Francis
Lewis Warren Hale
Ward Terence Mason
Hao Victoria D.
Kita Gerald K.
Lee John D.
The Whitaker Corporation
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