AU2001243674A1 - Micromechanical phase-shifting gate optical modulator - Google Patents
Micromechanical phase-shifting gate optical modulatorInfo
- Publication number
- AU2001243674A1 AU2001243674A1 AU2001243674A AU4367401A AU2001243674A1 AU 2001243674 A1 AU2001243674 A1 AU 2001243674A1 AU 2001243674 A AU2001243674 A AU 2001243674A AU 4367401 A AU4367401 A AU 4367401A AU 2001243674 A1 AU2001243674 A1 AU 2001243674A1
- Authority
- AU
- Australia
- Prior art keywords
- optical modulator
- shifting gate
- gate optical
- micromechanical
- phase
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
- G02B6/351—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements
- G02B6/3524—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being refractive
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
- G02B6/351—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements
- G02B6/3532—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being a wavelength independent filter or having spatially dependent transmission properties, e.g. neutral filter or neutral density wedge substrate with plurality of density filters
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
- G02B6/354—Switching arrangements, i.e. number of input/output ports and interconnection types
- G02B6/3544—2D constellations, i.e. with switching elements and switched beams located in a plane
- G02B6/3546—NxM switch, i.e. a regular array of switches elements of matrix type constellation
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
- G02B6/3564—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details
- G02B6/3568—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details characterised by the actuating force
- G02B6/357—Electrostatic force
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
- G02B6/3564—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details
- G02B6/358—Latching of the moving element, i.e. maintaining or holding the moving element in place once operation has been performed; includes a mechanically bistable system
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
- G02B6/3564—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details
- G02B6/3584—Mechanical details of the actuation mechanism associated with the moving element or mounting mechanism details constructional details of an associated actuator having a MEMS construction, i.e. constructed using semiconductor technology such as etching
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
- G02B6/3594—Characterised by additional functional means, e.g. means for variably attenuating or branching or means for switching differently polarized beams
Landscapes
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Optics & Photonics (AREA)
- Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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US09535312 | 2000-03-24 | ||
US09/535,312 US6377718B1 (en) | 2000-03-24 | 2000-03-24 | Micromechanical phase-shifting gate optical modulator |
PCT/US2001/008292 WO2001073495A2 (en) | 2000-03-24 | 2001-03-15 | Micromechanical phase-shifting gate optical modulator |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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AU2001243674A1 true AU2001243674A1 (en) | 2001-10-08 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
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AU2001243674A Abandoned AU2001243674A1 (en) | 2000-03-24 | 2001-03-15 | Micromechanical phase-shifting gate optical modulator |
Country Status (3)
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US (1) | US6377718B1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU2001243674A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2001073495A2 (en) |
Families Citing this family (15)
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US6690847B2 (en) * | 2000-09-19 | 2004-02-10 | Newport Opticom, Inc. | Optical switching element having movable optically transmissive microstructure |
US6739201B1 (en) * | 2000-09-20 | 2004-05-25 | Sandia Corporation | Micromechanical apparatus for measurement of forces |
US6681063B1 (en) * | 2000-11-16 | 2004-01-20 | Computer Optics Inc | Low voltage micro-mirror array light beam switch |
US6801682B2 (en) * | 2001-05-18 | 2004-10-05 | Adc Telecommunications, Inc. | Latching apparatus for a MEMS optical switch |
US6661566B2 (en) * | 2001-09-20 | 2003-12-09 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy | Method and optical switch for altering an electromagnetic energy wave in response to acceleration forces |
KR100490754B1 (en) * | 2002-11-15 | 2005-05-24 | 한국전자통신연구원 | Variable optical attenuator with tunable wavelength dependence |
KR100483047B1 (en) * | 2002-12-26 | 2005-04-18 | 삼성전기주식회사 | Mems variable optical attenuator |
US20060098919A1 (en) * | 2003-03-07 | 2006-05-11 | Edwards Phillip J | Mounting structure for optical subassembly |
KR100495533B1 (en) * | 2003-07-18 | 2005-06-16 | 엘지전자 주식회사 | Variable optical attenuator and array of the same |
KR100586941B1 (en) * | 2003-11-27 | 2006-06-07 | 삼성전기주식회사 | Multi-channel optical attenuator and manufacture thereof |
US9083392B2 (en) * | 2005-05-17 | 2015-07-14 | The Regents Of The University Of Michigan | Wireless sensing and communication utilizing RF transmissions from microdischarges |
US8904867B2 (en) | 2010-11-04 | 2014-12-09 | Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. | Display-integrated optical accelerometer |
US10024656B2 (en) | 2015-04-29 | 2018-07-17 | Honeywell International Inc. | System and methods for highly integrated optical readout MEMS sensors |
US9803979B2 (en) | 2015-06-26 | 2017-10-31 | Honeywell International Inc. | Systems and methods for a time-based optical pickoff for MEMS sensors |
US10247969B1 (en) * | 2018-06-21 | 2019-04-02 | PsiQuantum Corp. | Photon sources with multiple cavities for generation of individual photons |
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GB2121953B (en) | 1982-06-10 | 1985-09-04 | Itt Ind Ltd | Improvements in transducers |
JPH0823610B2 (en) | 1982-11-20 | 1996-03-06 | 松下電器産業株式会社 | Multi channel optical switch |
GB8530809D0 (en) | 1985-12-13 | 1986-01-22 | Gen Electric Co Plc | Sensor |
US5864146A (en) * | 1996-11-13 | 1999-01-26 | University Of Massachusetts Medical Center | System for quantitative radiographic imaging |
US5090254A (en) | 1990-04-11 | 1992-02-25 | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation | Polysilicon resonating beam transducers |
US5337183A (en) * | 1991-02-01 | 1994-08-09 | Yeda Research And Development Co. Ltd. | Distributed resonant cavity light beam modulator |
US5500761A (en) | 1994-01-27 | 1996-03-19 | At&T Corp. | Micromechanical modulator |
US5808384A (en) | 1997-06-05 | 1998-09-15 | Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation | Single coil bistable, bidirectional micromechanical actuator |
US5831262A (en) | 1997-06-27 | 1998-11-03 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Article comprising an optical fiber attached to a micromechanical device |
US5960131A (en) | 1998-02-04 | 1999-09-28 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Switching element having an expanding waveguide core |
US6268953B1 (en) * | 1999-12-02 | 2001-07-31 | Intel Corporation | Method and apparatus for optically modulating an optical beam with long interaction length optical modulator |
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2000
- 2000-03-24 US US09/535,312 patent/US6377718B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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2001
- 2001-03-15 AU AU2001243674A patent/AU2001243674A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2001-03-15 WO PCT/US2001/008292 patent/WO2001073495A2/en active Application Filing
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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US6377718B1 (en) | 2002-04-23 |
WO2001073495A3 (en) | 2002-03-21 |
WO2001073495A2 (en) | 2001-10-04 |
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