Optical switching device including pivot bearing mechanism

Details Optical switching device including pivot bearing mechanism Optical switching device including pivot bearing mechanism

1988-10-12

1990-01-16

Sikes, William L.

Electricity: magnetically operated switches, magnets, and electr

Electromagnetically actuated switches

Retarded or delayed type

350 9616, 350 9618, 350 9621, 335128, G02B 636, H01H 6702

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048938912

ABSTRACT:
In an optical switching device, an optical medium such as a prism and a glass plate is rotatively held on a supporting member by a pivot bearing and a pivot shaft, and the optical medium is rotated, for instance, by a magnetic force so that optical paths are mechanically changed-over. For this construction, the area of the frictional contact surfaces between the pivot bearing and the pivot shaft is decreased thereby providing a stable dynamic characteristic which is maintained for a long time.

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Nunoshita et al., "Optical Switch for Multimode . . . " Optics Lett. vol. 4, No. 1, Jan. 1979, pp. 27-28.

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