Patent · US Expired

Micro-electro-mechanical variable optical attenuator

US6751395B1 · kind B1 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Active Optical Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Vlad Novotny · Los Gatos, US
Yee-Chung Fu · Fremont, US
Zuo Wang · Immenstaad am Bodensee, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 9, 2001
Grant date	Jun 15, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 9, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3594
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Variable optical attenuators that use a blade in a gap between two fibers to control the optical attenuation without having coupling optics in the gap, where the blade has at least one blade surface at an angle with respect to an end facet of one fiber.

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