Coupler-type optical switch and process for producing the same
US5108200A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 1990 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/3131
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A coupler-type optical switch and a process for producing the same are disclosed, which coupler-type optical switch comprises an optical fiber coupler and a medium surrounding the photocoupler part of the optical fiber coupler and in which the refractive index of the medium is controllable, the medium comprising an energy-curing resin or a transparent liquid material and, dispersed or dissolved in the resin or liquid material, an optical material whose refractive index changes by the action of an electric or magnetic field.
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