Optical switching device
US4498730A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 22, 1981 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3594
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Respective end faces of two or more optical waveguides (23 to 29) are connected on one end face of a focussing rod lens (20) and a reflection means (21) having a reflection plane tilted with a specified angle (.alpha.) to the normal plane to the lens axis is disposed behind the other end face of the focussing rod lens (20) and angle of reflection plane of the reflection means (21) is varied by rotating the reflection means (21) around the lens axis (203) or by means of a piezo-electric driving device (30), thereby attaining selective switching of the waveguides (from 23 to selected one of 24 or 29) or varying the amount of rays to be transmitted through the waveguides (23 and 24 of FIG. 4), or thereby modulating the rays. By utilizing a semitransparent filter forming another tilted reflection plane, the amount of attenuation for different wavelength or connection of the waveguides are controlled separately.
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