Magneto-optic bypass switch
US4969720A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 5, 1989 |
| Grant date | Nov 13, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 5, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3562
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical bypass switch receives arbitrarily polarized light from an input optical fiber which is divided into the P and S-polarized light beams by a polarization beamsplitter. These P and S-polarized light beams are focussed to a magneto-optic garnet wherein the plane of polarization is rotated in accordance with a desired switching function and directed to an output optical fiber determined by the polarization rotation state established in the magneto-optic garnet.
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