Method and apparatus for implementing optical deflection switching using coupled resonators
US8139904B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3596
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of implementing optical deflection switching includes directing a tuning operation at a specific region of coupled optical resonators coupled to an input port, a first output port and a second output port, the coupled optical resonator including a plurality of cascaded unit cells; wherein the tuning operation interrupts a resonant coupling between one or more of the unit cells of the coupled resonators so as to cause an input optical signal from the input port to be directed from the first output port to the second output port.
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