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Optical switching, routing, and time delay systems using switched mirrors

US6072923A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 22, 1998
Grant dateJun 6, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2203/12
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Optical switching, routing, interconnection and time delay systems incorporating switchable mirrors in order to overcome problems associated with sensitivity to wavelength of optical carriers, insertion loss, number of required switching devices and control signals switch isolation, noise and crosstalk suppression, spurious reflections, data skew and compactness that are present in previous optical switching, routing, interconnection and time delay systems.

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