Optical switch

US4413886A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Standard Electric Corporation · US

Inventors

• Joachim Lauckner · Ditzingen, DE
• Felix Lutz · Stuttgart, DE
• Gerhard Seibold · Waiblingen, DE
• Gerhard Wessel · Stuttgart, DE
• Hans Volz · Schwieberdingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 26, 1981
• Grant date: Nov 8, 1983
• Expiry date: Jan 26, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02F1/0551
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical switch comprising a controlled ferroelectric light permeable ceramic provided with electrodes. To simplify the manufacture and to realize a larger switch, the invention provides a baseplate with electrodes and the ferroelectric ceramic is secured thereon in the form of one or more strips.