Invention Application
- Patent Title: Angular-precision enhancement in free-space micromachined optical switches
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Application No.: US09933726Application Date: 2001-08-22
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Publication No.: US20010053261A1Publication Date: 2001-12-20
- Inventor: Evan Lee Goldstein , Lih-Yuan Lin , Robert William Tkach
- Applicant: AT&T Corp.
- Applicant Address: null
- Assignee: AT&T Corp.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: null
- Main IPC: G02B006/26
- IPC: G02B006/26 ; G02B006/42

Abstract:
Integrated mechanical angular alignment-enhancement structures for incorporation into free-space micromachined optical switches are capable of achieving better than 0.1null micro-mirror angular precision and repeatability with the optical switches. The structures open the path to high port-count crossconnects with sufficiently low loss for deployment in practical optical-communications networks.
Public/Granted literature
- US06606428B2 Angular-precision enhancement in free-space micromachined optical switches Public/Granted day:2003-08-12
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