EP0873532A4 - Mach-zehnder switch - Google Patents

Mach-zehnder switch

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Publication number
EP0873532A4
EP0873532A4 EP96916609A EP96916609A EP0873532A4 EP 0873532 A4 EP0873532 A4 EP 0873532A4 EP 96916609 A EP96916609 A EP 96916609A EP 96916609 A EP96916609 A EP 96916609A EP 0873532 A4 EP0873532 A4 EP 0873532A4
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Prior art keywords
mach
zehnder switch
zehnder
switch
Prior art date
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Application number
EP96916609A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
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EP0873532A1 (en
Inventor
William J Miller
Daniel A Nolan
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Corning Inc
Original Assignee
Corning Inc
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Application filed by Corning Inc filed Critical Corning Inc
Publication of EP0873532A1 publication Critical patent/EP0873532A1/en
Publication of EP0873532A4 publication Critical patent/EP0873532A4/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/3515—All-optical modulation, gating, switching, e.g. control of a light beam by another light beam
    • G02F1/3517—All-optical modulation, gating, switching, e.g. control of a light beam by another light beam using an interferometer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
    • G02F1/3136—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure of interferometric switch type
    • 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
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B2006/12133—Functions
    • G02B2006/12145—Switch
    • 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
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2821—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals
    • G02B6/2835—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using lateral coupling between contiguous fibres to split or combine optical signals formed or shaped by thermal treatment, e.g. couplers
    • 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
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/293—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
    • G02B6/29346—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means operating by wave or beam interference
    • G02B6/2935—Mach-Zehnder configuration, i.e. comprising separate splitting and combining means
    • G02B6/29352—Mach-Zehnder configuration, i.e. comprising separate splitting and combining means in a light guide
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
    • G02F1/3131—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure in optical fibres

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
  • Oscillators With Electromechanical Resonators (AREA)
  • Transmitters (AREA)
  • Keying Circuit Devices (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
EP96916609A 1995-06-09 1996-05-23 Mach-zehnder switch Withdrawn EP0873532A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US48909095A 1995-06-09 1995-06-09
US489090 1995-06-09
PCT/US1996/007648 WO1996042027A1 (en) 1995-06-09 1996-05-23 Mach-zehnder switch

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0873532A1 EP0873532A1 (en) 1998-10-28
EP0873532A4 true EP0873532A4 (en) 1999-12-15

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EP96916609A Withdrawn EP0873532A4 (en) 1995-06-09 1996-05-23 Mach-zehnder switch

Country Status (5)

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EP (1) EP0873532A4 (en)
JP (1) JPH11507741A (en)
AU (1) AU697911B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2221749A1 (en)
WO (1) WO1996042027A1 (en)

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US5703975A (en) * 1995-06-09 1997-12-30 Corning Incorporated Interferometric switch
EP1091222A3 (en) * 1996-07-08 2001-05-02 Corning Incorporated Method of making Mach-Zehnder interferometric device with composite fibers
CA2276489A1 (en) * 1997-01-02 1998-07-09 The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Stable nonlinear mach-zehnder fiber switch
KR100219712B1 (en) * 1997-02-26 1999-09-01 윤종용 Low loss active optical element and manufacturing method thereof
KR100219714B1 (en) * 1997-02-26 1999-09-01 윤종용 Manufacturing method of low loss optical active element
US5970185A (en) * 1997-10-31 1999-10-19 Northern Telecom Limited Optical switches, modulators and transmitters
WO2023218578A1 (en) * 2022-05-11 2023-11-16 日本電信電話株式会社 Optical switch

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US5044715A (en) * 1989-02-07 1991-09-03 Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation Guided-wave optical branching components and optical switches
US5295205A (en) * 1993-03-29 1994-03-15 Corning Incorporated Environmentally stable monolithic Mach-Zehnder device
US5351325A (en) * 1993-04-29 1994-09-27 Corning Incorporated Narrow band Mach-Zehnder filter

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Patent Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5044715A (en) * 1989-02-07 1991-09-03 Nippon Telegraph And Telephone Corporation Guided-wave optical branching components and optical switches
US5295205A (en) * 1993-03-29 1994-03-15 Corning Incorporated Environmentally stable monolithic Mach-Zehnder device
US5351325A (en) * 1993-04-29 1994-09-27 Corning Incorporated Narrow band Mach-Zehnder filter

Non-Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
NAKAMURA S ET AL: "HIGH-REPETITION OPERATION OF A SYMMETRIC MACH-ZEHNDER ALL-OPTICAL SWITCH", APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, vol. 66, no. 19, 8 May 1995 (1995-05-08), pages 2457 - 2459, XP000507760, ISSN: 0003-6951 *
PANTELL R H ET AL: "ANALYSIS OF NONLINEAR OPTICAL SWITCHING IN AN ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER", JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, vol. 11, no. 9, 1 September 1993 (1993-09-01), pages 1416 - 1424, XP000416247, ISSN: 0733-8724 *
See also references of WO9642027A1 *

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JPH11507741A (en) 1999-07-06
WO1996042027A1 (en) 1996-12-27
EP0873532A1 (en) 1998-10-28
AU697911B2 (en) 1998-10-22
CA2221749A1 (en) 1996-12-27
AU5929996A (en) 1997-01-09

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