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Optical switch with coarse and fine deflectors

US6212151A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 1998
Grant dateApr 3, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B11/1058
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Optical switching of light is effected between an input and an output utilizing a low-bandwidth actuator and a hi-bandwidth actuator.

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