Programmable light path device
    112.
    发明公开
    Programmable light path device 审中-公开
    Vorrichtung mit programmierbarem Strahlengang

    公开(公告)号:EP1054288A2

    公开(公告)日:2000-11-22

    申请号:EP00107696.7

    申请日:2000-04-10

    IPC分类号: G02F1/1333 G02F1/313

    CPC分类号: G02F1/1326 G02F1/313

    摘要: A switchable waveguide (200, 250, 300) having first and second states. In the first state, the waveguide (200, 250, 300) guides light of a signal wavelength along a predetermined path. In the second state, no guiding of the light occurs. The waveguide (200, 250, 300) includes a guide layer (110) of a guide material having a first index of refraction in the absence of an electric field and a second index of refraction in the presence of the electric field. The electric field is generated in a portion of the guide layer (110) by applying an appropriate electrical signal to a plurality of electrodes (213, 214, 23, 24, 25, 32, 33, 34) that define a guide region (24, 37, 218) in the guide layer (110). The guide region (24, 37, 218) has an index of refraction that is greater than that of the guide layer (110) in regions adjacent to the guide region (24, 37, 218). The electrodes (213, 214, 23, 24, 25, 32, 33, 34) are separated from the guide region (24, 37, 218) by a distance of at least one-half times the wavelength of the light being guided. The separation is maintained by arranging the electrodes such that the guide region (24, 37,218) is created at a location separated from the electrodes.

    摘要翻译: 具有第一和第二状态的可切换波导(200,250,300)。 在第一状态下,波导(200,250,300)沿预定路径引导信号波长的光。 在第二状态下,不会引起光的引导。 波导(200,250,300)包括导电材料的引导层(110),该引导层在不存在电场的情况下具有第一折射率和在存在电场的情况下具有第二折射率。 通过向限定引导区域(24,24)的多个电极(213,214,23,24,25,33,34)施加适当的电信号,在引导层(110)的一部分中产生电场, ,37,218)。 引导区域(24,37,218)在与引导区域(24,37,218)相邻的区域中的折射率大于引导层(110)的折射率。 电极(213,214,23,24,25,32,33,34)与引导区域(24,37,218)分开距离被引导光的波长的至少一半的距离。 通过布置电极来保持分离,使得在与电极分离的位置处产生引导区域(24,37,218)。

    VERBINDUNGSAUFSPALTER AUS STREIFEN-WELLENLEITERN UND VERWENDUNGEN

    公开(公告)号:EP0754310A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-01-22

    申请号:EP96904002.0

    申请日:1996-02-06

    IPC分类号: G02B6 G02F1

    摘要: An integrated optical combination splitting device, in particular for applications in the wavelength range of visible light, which ensures a spatial, broadband concentration of light in a wavelength range Δμ greater than approximately 75 nm (valid for short-wave visible light). For a useful wavelength range comprising all visible light, a white-light splitting device is provided. The combination splitting device consists of at least three strip waveguides, at least one of which being a single-mode integrated optical broadband strip waveguide (EOBSW). Two strip waveguides (2, 3) each have an entry point (E1, E2) and are joined at their exit points (A1, A2) in a coupling point (6) to become a joint EOBSW (5) having a common light exit (AM) at its end. This broadband combination splitting device can be used as a wavelength-selective or wavelength-independent switch or modulator in interferometric and photometric arrangements, sensors and microsystem solutions.

    摘要翻译: 特别是用于可见光波长范围应用的集成光学组合分束装置,其确保在大于约75nm(对于短波可见光有效)的波长范围Δμ中的光的空间宽带集中。 对于包括所有可见光的有用波长范围,提供白光分光装置。 该组合分束装置由至少三个带状波导组成,其中至少一个是单模集成光学宽带带状波导(EOBSW)。 两个带状波导(2,3)各自具有入口点(E1,E2),并且在耦合点(6)处在它们的出口点(A1,A2)处结合成为具有共同光出口的联合EOBSW(5) (AM)结束。 这种宽带组合分束器可用作干涉和光度测量装置,传感器和微系统解决方案中的波长选择性或波长独立开关或调制器。

    OPTICAL SWITCHING MEAN
    119.
    发明授权
    OPTICAL SWITCHING MEAN 失效
    光电路的手段。

    公开(公告)号:EP0195796B1

    公开(公告)日:1994-06-08

    申请号:EP85904658.3

    申请日:1985-09-16

    IPC分类号: G02B6/12 H04B10/20 G02F1/29

    摘要: A node of an optical transmission network, for example a local area network, has a combined by-pass switch and optical modulator. The by-pass switch and modulator (45) comprises an optical switching matrix with two non-intersecting waveguides (W1, W2) connected by a further waveguide (W3). The junctions between the non-intersecting waveguides and the further waveguide perform both modulation of an optical carrier signal and re-routeing of the transmission path along the network.

    NxN single-mode optical waveguide coupler
    120.
    发明公开
    NxN single-mode optical waveguide coupler 失效
    NXN单模光波导耦合器

    公开(公告)号:EP0304213A3

    公开(公告)日:1990-07-04

    申请号:EP88307344.7

    申请日:1988-08-09

    申请人: AT&T Corp.

    IPC分类号: G02B6/28 G02F1/29 H04Q3/52

    摘要: The present invention relates to a NxN single-mode optical coupler (10, 26) employing evanescent wave coupling between mutually adjacent optical waveguides (11) sufficiently close to one another to facilitate coupling among all the waveguides. An optical signal of a narrow frequency band, e.g. appreciably less than 100 gigahertz, introduced to an input port (15i) of one of the waveguides is found to be nonuniformly distributed among the output ports (16) of the coupler. A first embodiment uses the nonuniform distributions of narrowband optical signals to the output ports of the coupler to enable the present invention to be used as essentially a selective switching device. A second embodiment introduces one or more predetermined broadband optical signals to one or more input ports of the coupler to produce an appreciably uniform power distribution among the output ports of the coupler. A third embodiment uses electrooptic or magnetooptic waveguides and the application of a high-frequency, continuously changing magnitude, oscillatory electric or magnetic field (17), respectively, throughout the coupling region of the waveguides to produce a substantially uniform power distribution among the output ports of the coupler for a narrowband optical signal applied to an input port of the coupler.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种在相互邻近的光波导(11)之间使用ev逝波耦合的NxN单模光耦合器(10,26),其彼此充分接近以便于所有波导之间的耦合。 窄频带的光信号,例如, 被发现导入到波导中的一个的输入端口(15i)的明显小于100千兆赫的发现在耦合器的输出端口(16)中不均匀地分布。 第一实施例使用窄带光信号的不均匀分布到耦合器的输出端口,以使本发明能够用作基本上选择性的开关装置。 第二实施例将一个或多个预定的宽带光信号引入耦合器的一个或多个输入端口,以在耦合器的输出端口之间产生明显均匀的功率分布。 第三实施例使用电光或磁光波导,并且在波导的整个耦合区域分别应用高频连续变化的振幅电场或磁场(17),以在输出端口之间产生基本均匀的功率分布 的耦合器,用于施加到耦合器的输入端口的窄带光信号。