JPS574010A - Thin film optical switch circuit - Google Patents

Thin film optical switch circuit

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Publication number
JPS574010A
JPS574010A JP7686180A JP7686180A JPS574010A JP S574010 A JPS574010 A JP S574010A JP 7686180 A JP7686180 A JP 7686180A JP 7686180 A JP7686180 A JP 7686180A JP S574010 A JPS574010 A JP S574010A
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Prior art keywords
film
terminals
interval
pieces
regions
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.)
Granted
Application number
JP7686180A
Other languages
Japanese (ja)
Other versions
JPS6150293B2 (en
Inventor
Hiroshi Terui
Morio Kobayashi
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
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Application filed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp filed Critical Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
Priority to JP7686180A priority Critical patent/JPS574010A/en
Priority to US06/222,650 priority patent/US4365862A/en
Priority to GB8100575A priority patent/GB2070271B/en
Priority to CA000368445A priority patent/CA1155934A/en
Priority to NLAANVRAGE8100175,A priority patent/NL185037C/en
Priority to FR8100809A priority patent/FR2475239B1/fr
Priority to DE3101415A priority patent/DE3101415A1/en
Publication of JPS574010A publication Critical patent/JPS574010A/en
Publication of JPS6150293B2 publication Critical patent/JPS6150293B2/ja
Granted legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • G02B6/3536—Optical coupling means having switching means involving evanescent coupling variation, e.g. by a moving element such as a membrane which changes the effective refractive index
    • 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
    • G02F1/315—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching based on the use of controlled internal reflection
    • 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
    • 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
    • G02B6/3596—With planar waveguide arrangement, i.e. in a substrate, regardless if actuating mechanism is outside the substrate

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute many switch circuits, which have a simple structure and are easy to produce, on the same substrate, by installing movable dielectric pieces above plural parallel low-refraction regions in an optical waveguide film. CONSTITUTION:N+1 linear low-refractive index regions 2' are arranged in parallel at constant intervals (d) in an optical waveguide film 2 on a substrate 1, and movable dielectric pieces 4, dielectric driving parts 5 consisting of bimorph or the like connected to pieces 4, and driving circuits 6 connected to parts 5 are provided above regions 2' at an interval l3. In case that the movable dielectric piece 4 is caused to approach the film 2 so that l3 is shorter than the thickness of the film 2, input terminals and are connected to output terminals 2' and 1' respectively. In case that l3 is longer than the thickness of the film 2, terminals and are connected to terminals 1' and '2 respectively. Switches 9 like this are arranged zigzag, and their interval l is set to a prescribed value determined by refractive indexes of the film 2 and the low-refraction region and the interval (d). Thus, NXN switch circuits which have a simple structure and are easy to produce are constituted on the same substrate 1.
JP7686180A 1980-01-18 1980-06-07 Thin film optical switch circuit Granted JPS574010A (en)

Priority Applications (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP7686180A JPS574010A (en) 1980-06-07 1980-06-07 Thin film optical switch circuit
US06/222,650 US4365862A (en) 1980-01-18 1981-01-05 Optical switch
GB8100575A GB2070271B (en) 1980-01-18 1981-01-09 Optical switch
CA000368445A CA1155934A (en) 1980-01-18 1981-01-13 Optical switch
NLAANVRAGE8100175,A NL185037C (en) 1980-01-18 1981-01-15 OPTICAL SWITCH AND OPTICAL SWITCH CHAIN.
FR8100809A FR2475239B1 (en) 1980-01-18 1981-01-16
DE3101415A DE3101415A1 (en) 1980-01-18 1981-01-17 OPTICAL SWITCH

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP7686180A JPS574010A (en) 1980-06-07 1980-06-07 Thin film optical switch circuit

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
JPS574010A true JPS574010A (en) 1982-01-09
JPS6150293B2 JPS6150293B2 (en) 1986-11-04

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JP7686180A Granted JPS574010A (en) 1980-01-18 1980-06-07 Thin film optical switch circuit

Country Status (1)

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JP (1) JPS574010A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3467556A4 (en) * 2016-08-01 2019-08-07 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Optical switch and optical switching system

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH01103816U (en) * 1987-12-28 1989-07-13

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3467556A4 (en) * 2016-08-01 2019-08-07 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Optical switch and optical switching system
US10422960B2 (en) * 2016-08-01 2019-09-24 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Optical switch and optical switching system

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JPS6150293B2 (en) 1986-11-04

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