Optical switch
US7444042B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3566
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical switch is implemented with one or more cantilevered optical channels, which are formed in a flexible waveguide structure, and an actuator which is connected to the cantilevered optical channels, to position the cantilevered optical channels to direct an optical signal along one of a number of optical pathways.
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