公开(公告)号：US06507682B2

公开(公告)日：2003-01-14

申请号：US09915234

申请日：2001-07-25

申请人： Yukihisa Takeuchi ,  Hiroyuki Tsuji ,  Kazumasa Kitamura ,  Nobuo Takahashi

发明人： Yukihisa Takeuchi ,  Hiroyuki Tsuji ,  Kazumasa Kitamura ,  Nobuo Takahashi

IPC分类号： G02B626

CPC分类号： B41J2/1609 ,  B41J2/1623 ,  B41J2/1632 ,  B41J2202/11 ,  F04B43/046 ,  G02B6/3522 ,  G02B6/3538 ,  G02B6/3546 ,  G02B6/357 ,  G02B6/3572 ,  G02B6/3578 ,  G02B6/3582 ,  G02B6/3596 ,  Y10T29/49616

摘要： An optical switch disposed in intermediate positions of optical paths to define a channel of a light signal constitutes a cell member in whose interior cells are formed and a waveguide member having fine slits; and a gas is filled in cells of which side walls are formed by piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements or antiferroelectric elements, a liquid is filled in the fine slits, and the cells and the fine slits are communicated to each other via a communicating hole; optical waveguides intersect at the fine slits, and the cells are disposed at the crossing locations, and said side walls are expanded/constricted by applying an electric field to the piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements or antiferroelectric elements which form the side walls of the cells, and a part of the gas stored in each cell is ejected at a corresponding intersection area from said communicating hole into the corresponding fine slit.

摘要翻译： 设置在光路的中间位置以限定光信号的通道的光开关构成其内部单元形成的单元构件和具有细缝隙的波导构件; 并且在压电/电致伸缩元件或反铁电元件形成侧壁的单元中填充气体，在细狭缝中填充液体，并且电池和细狭缝经由连通孔彼此连通; 光波导在细缝处相交，并且电池设置在交叉位置处，并且通过向形成电池侧壁的压电/电致伸缩元件或反铁电元件施加电场而使所述侧壁膨胀/收缩，以及 存储在每个单元中的气体的一部分在与所述连通孔对应的交叉区域中喷射到相应的细缝中。

公开(公告)号：US20020181844A1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-05

申请号：US09893309

申请日：2001-06-27

发明人： Vladimir I. Vaganov

IPC分类号： G02B006/35 ,  G02B006/32

CPC分类号： H04Q11/0005 ,  G02B1/06 ,  G02B3/14 ,  G02B5/1828 ,  G02B6/32 ,  G02B6/3502 ,  G02B6/3512 ,  G02B6/3546 ,  G02B6/357 ,  G02B6/3572 ,  G02B6/3578 ,  G02B6/3582 ,  G02B6/3636 ,  G02B6/3644 ,  G02B6/3656 ,  G02B6/366 ,  G02B6/3692 ,  G02B6/43 ,  G02B26/0875 ,  H04Q2011/0026

摘要： An optical switch includes a plurality of transmitting devices with a plurality of optical fibers. A plurality of receiving devices are provided that include a plurality of optical fibers. At least a portion of the transmitting devices simultaneously focus and direct transmitter output beams from the plurality of transmitting devices to the plurality of receiving devices.

摘要翻译： 光开关包括具有多根光纤的多个发送装置。 提供了包括多根光纤的多个接收装置。 发射设备的至少一部分同时聚焦并将来自多个发射设备的发射机输出波束定向到多个接收设备。

公开(公告)号：US20020181841A1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-05

申请号：US09873127

申请日：2001-06-01

发明人： Brian E. Lemoff ,  Charies D. Hoke ,  Dale W. Schroeder

IPC分类号： G02B006/35

CPC分类号： G02B6/3508 ,  G02B6/3542 ,  G02B6/3556 ,  G02B6/3572 ,  G02B6/3578 ,  G02B6/3873 ,  G02B6/3874

摘要： A first plurality of stages each support a ferrule surrounding an end portion of a corresponding one of N optical input fibers. A second plurality of stages each support a ferrule surrounding an end portion of a corresponding one of M optical output fibers. Mechanical mechanisms translate the stages along a plurality of orthogonal X and Y axes to align a facet of a selected one of the N input optical fibers with a facet of a selected one of the M output optical fibers. The stages of the input optical fibers, the output optical fibers, or both, have mechanical mechanisms for moving the ferrules along Z axes perpendicular to the X and Y axes into and out of alignment holes of a central panel to physically mate the facets of the coupled fibers.

摘要翻译： 第一多个阶段各自支撑环绕N个光学输入光纤中的相应一个的端部的套圈。 第二多个阶段各自支撑环绕M个光输出光纤中的相应一个的端部的套圈。 机械机构沿着多个正交X轴和Y轴平移台阶，以将N个输入光纤中所选择的一个的一个面与M个输出光纤中所选择的一个的小平面对准。 输入光纤，输出光纤或两者的阶段具有机械机构，用于沿着垂直于X轴和Y轴的Z轴移动套圈进入和离开中心板的对准孔，以物理地匹配 耦合纤维。

公开(公告)号：US20020176656A1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-28

申请号：US10027775

申请日：2001-12-20

申请人： NGK Insulators, Ltd.

发明人： Yukihisa Takeuchi ,  Tsutomu Nanataki ,  Koji Kimura

IPC分类号： G02B006/35 ,  G02B006/26

CPC分类号： G02B6/3522 ,  G02B6/3512 ,  G02B6/3556 ,  G02B6/3578 ,  G02B6/3582 ,  G02B6/43

摘要： An optical switch comprises a light transmission portion, an optical path-changing portion, an actuator portion and light transmission channels; said light transmission portion having a light reflecting plane provided on one part of a plane facing the changing portion to totally reflect light; said optical path-changing portion being provided in proximity to the light reflecting plane and having an optical path-changing member for reflecting or scattering light; said actuator portion having a mechanism being displaced and transmitting displacement to the optical path changing portion; and said light transmission channels having optical wave guiding bodies and being provided in three directions with the light reflecting plane as a starting point. Switching or dividing of an optical path is conducted by contacting or separating the optical path-changing portion to or from the light reflecting plane by displacement of the actuator portion.

摘要翻译： 光开关包括光传输部分，光路改变部分，致动器部分和光传输通道; 所述光传输部分具有设置在面对所述改变部分的平面的一部分上以全反射光的光反射面; 所述光路改变部分设置在光反射面附近并具有用于反射或散射光的光路改变部件; 所述致动器部分具有位移并将位移传递到光路改变部分的机构; 并且所述光传输通道具有光波导体并且以三个方向设置有光反射面作为起点。 通过使致动器部分的位移与光反射面接触或分离光路改变部分来进行光路的切换或分割。

公开(公告)号：US20020146198A1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-10

申请号：US10098746

申请日：2002-03-15

发明人： Thomas Andrew Strasser ,  Per Bang Hansen ,  Jefferson L. Wagener

IPC分类号： G02B006/35 ,  G02B006/26 ,  G02B006/28

CPC分类号： H04J14/0283 ,  G02B6/29367 ,  G02B6/2938 ,  G02B6/29383 ,  G02B6/29391 ,  G02B6/29395 ,  G02B6/3512 ,  G02B6/3548 ,  G02B6/356 ,  G02B6/357 ,  G02B6/3578 ,  G02B6/3582 ,  H04J14/0204 ,  H04J14/0205 ,  H04J14/0206 ,  H04J14/021 ,  H04J14/0212 ,  H04J14/0217 ,  H04J14/022 ,  H04J14/0286 ,  H04L12/42 ,  H04L2012/421 ,  H04Q11/0005 ,  H04Q2011/0016 ,  H04Q2011/0024 ,  H04Q2011/003 ,  H04Q2011/0052 ,  H04Q2011/0079 ,  H04Q2011/0092

摘要： An all-optical, optical cross-connect includes first and second pluralities of multiport optical devices. Each of the first plurality of multiport optical devices have at least one input port for receiving a WDM optical signal and a plurality of output ports for selectively receiving one of more wavelength components of the optical signal. Each of the second plurality of multiport optical devices have a plurality of input ports for selectively receiving one of more wavelength components of the optical signal and at least one output port for selectively receiving one of more wavelength components of the optical signal. At least one of the first or second plurality of multiport optical devices are all-optical switches that can route every wavelength component independently of every other wavelength component. The plurality of input ports of the second plurality of multiport optical devices are optically coupled to respective ones of the plurality of output ports of the first plurality of multiport optical devices.

摘要翻译： 全光学交叉连接包括第一和第二多个多端口光学器件。 第一多个多端口光学器件中的每一个具有用于接收WDM光信号的至少一个输入端口和用于选择性地接收光信号的更多波长分量之一的多个输出端口。 第二多个多端口光学器件中的每一个具有多个输入端口，用于选择性地接收光信号的多个波长分量中的一个以及至少一个输出端口，用于选择性地接收光信号的多个波长分量之一。 第一或第二多个多端口光学器件中的至少一个是全光开关，其可以独立于每隔一个波长分量路由每个波长分量。 第二多个多端口光学器件的多个输入端口光学耦合到第一多个多端口光学器件的多个输出端口中的相应的输入端口。

公开(公告)号：US20020145778A1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-10

申请号：US10099561

申请日：2002-03-15

申请人： Photuris, Inc.

发明人： Thomas Andrew Strasser ,  Paul Bonenfant ,  Jefferson L. Wagener

IPC分类号： H04B010/08 ,  H04J014/02

CPC分类号： G02B6/356 ,  G02B6/29305 ,  G02B6/29367 ,  G02B6/29395 ,  G02B6/3512 ,  G02B6/3548 ,  G02B6/357 ,  G02B6/3578 ,  G02B6/4215 ,  H04J14/021 ,  H04J14/0212 ,  H04J14/0279 ,  H04J14/0295 ,  H04J14/0297 ,  H04Q2011/0009 ,  H04Q2011/0016 ,  H04Q2011/0018 ,  H04Q2011/0024 ,  H04Q2011/003 ,  H04Q2011/0081

摘要： In a WDM optical communication system that includes a plurality of nodes interconnected by communication links, a node is provided that includes a reconfigurable optical switch having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port. The node also includes a plurality of transmitters that are each coupled to one of the input ports of the optical switch. Each of the transmitters generate an information-bearing optical signal at a different channel wavelength from one another. The reconfigurable optical switch is adaptable to receive at any of the input ports any of the channel wavelengths at which the plurality of transmitters operate and direct the channel wavelengths to the output port. At least one backup transmitter is coupled to one of the input ports of the optical switch. The backup transmitter includes a tunable laser tunable to any of the channel wavelengths at which the plurality of transmitters operate. The reconfigurable optical switch includes at least one wavelength selective element that selects at least one channel wavelength from among any of the channel wavelengths received at any of the input ports. The switch also includes a plurality of optical elements associated with the wavelength selective elements, Each of the optical elements direct one of the selected channel wavelengths selected by the associated wavelength selective element to the output port independently from every other channel wavelength. The selected channel wavelengths directed to the output port are combined on the output port.

摘要翻译： 在包括通过通信链路互连的多个节点的WDM光通信系统中，提供了包括具有多个输入端口和至少一个输出端口的可重新配置光开关的节点。 节点还包括多个发射机，每个发射机都耦合到光开关的一个输入端口。 每个发射机产生彼此不同信道波长的信息承载光信号。 可重构光开关适于在任何输入端口处接收多个发射器操作的任何信道波长，并将信道波长引导到输出端口。 至少一个备用发射器耦合到光开关的一个输入端口。 备用发射器包括可调谐激光器，可调谐到多个发射器操作的任何通道波长。 可重构光开关包括至少一个波长选择元件，其从在任何输入端口处接收的任何通道波长中选择至少一个信道波长。 开关还包括与波长选择元件相关联的多个光学元件。 每个光学元件将相关联的波长选择元件选择的所选择的通道波长中的一个独立于每隔一个通道波长引导到输出端口。 指向输出端口的所选择的信道波长在输出端口上组合。

公开(公告)号：US20020085799A1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-04

申请号：US09880328

申请日：2001-06-12

发明人： Yueh Liang Chung

IPC分类号： G02B006/35

CPC分类号： G02B6/3538 ,  G02B6/355 ,  G02B6/3578

摘要： An optical switch (100) includes a shell (40) forming an input port (10) and first and second output ports (50, 60) with an optical switching subassembly enclosed therein between the input port and the output ports. The optical switch subassembly includes two light transmitting blocks (21, 22) having surfaces spaced from and opposing each other. Two light transmitting liquid sections having a refractive index substantially identical to that of the blocks are movably retained between the surfaces. The liquid sections are spaced from each other forming an air section therebetween. A piezoelectric element (31) is in physical engagement with the liquid sections. The piezoelectric element can be electrically biased to move the air section and the liquid sections between a first position wherein the air section is located on an optical path from the input port to the second output port, light from the input port being fully reflected by the surfaces of the blocks and being redirected to the first output port and a second position where one of the liquid sections is located on the optical path, allowing light to completely travel along the optical path and thus switching the light from the input port to different output ports.

摘要翻译： 光学开关（100）包括形成输入端口（10）的外壳（40）和包含在输入端口和输出端口之间的光学开关子组件的第一和第二输出端口（50,60）。 光开关子组件包括两个透光块（21,22），其具有彼此间隔开并相互相对的表面。 具有与块的折射率基本相同的折射率的两个透光液体部分可移动地保持在表面之间。 液体部分彼此间隔开，在它们之间形成空气部分。 压电元件（31）与液体部分物理接合。 压电元件可以被电偏置以使空气部分和液体部分在第一位置之间移动，其中空气部分位于从输入端口到第二输出端口的光路上，来自输入端口的光被完全反射 块的表面并且被重定向到第一输出端口和第二位置，其中液体部分之一位于光路上，允许光沿着光路完全行进，并且因此将光从输入端口切换到不同的输出 港口。

公开(公告)号：US06415069B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-02

申请号：US09714333

申请日：2000-11-16

申请人： Yong-Sheng Chao ,  Ying Zhao

发明人： Yong-Sheng Chao ,  Ying Zhao

IPC分类号： G02B626

CPC分类号： G02B6/3578 ,  G02B6/3512 ,  G02B6/3526 ,  G02B6/3546

摘要： An optical switching system employing switching modules. Each module comprises (a) a source channel, (b) a transmitting element, (c) a receiving element, and (d) a destination channel. The transmitting element directs the source channel signal to a destination channel. The transmitting element includes an initial beam deflector and a beam deflection amplifier. The receiving element includes a beam deflection compressor and a beam aligner. One embodiment of the initial deflector is a pair of focusing lenses, one of which is displaced by a piezoelectric actuator. When one lens is displaced a distance d, the output light beam has a deflection angle &agr;=(f1+f2)/f2. The beam deflection amplifier multiplies the small angle &agr; by a transfer function F to result in a beam with a deflection angle F&agr;. The receiving element is the transmitting element in reverse. The first system configuration connects a single channel to one of a number of channels. The second system configuration connects a group of M channels with another group of N channels. The third system configuration cross-connects N channels in an arbitrary manner.

摘要翻译： 一种采用交换模块的光交换系统。 每个模块包括（a）源信道，（b）发射元件，（c）接收元件，和（d）目的信道。 发送元件将源信道信号引导到目的信道。 发射元件包括初始光束偏转器和光束偏转放大器。 接收元件包括光束偏转压缩器和光束对准器。 初始偏转器的一个实施例是一对聚焦透镜，其中一个被压电致动器移位。 当一个透镜移动距离d时，输出光束具有偏转角α=（f1 + f2）/ f2。 光束偏转放大器将小角度α乘以传递函数F以产生具有偏转角度Falpha的光束。 接收元件是相反的发送元件。 第一个系统配置将单个通道连接到多个通道之一。 第二个系统配置将一组M个通道与另一组N个通道相连。 第三个系统配置以任意方式交叉连接N个通道。

公开(公告)号：US06408112B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-18

申请号：US09623808

申请日：2000-09-08

申请人： Frank Bartels

发明人： Frank Bartels

IPC分类号： G02B626

CPC分类号： G02B26/004 ,  G02B3/14 ,  G02B6/3538 ,  G02B6/3546 ,  G02B6/3548 ,  G02B6/3574 ,  G02B6/3576 ,  G02B6/3578 ,  G02B6/3596

摘要： An optical component comprises channels in which liquids of suitable refractive index are arranged. By displacing the liquids within the channels by means of suitable actuators, the light is optionally led through the liquid. By selecting a suitable refractive index, light beams may be deflected at any desired angles. In a miniaturized embodiment, light beams can be controlled at high frequencies. In a light-conducting basic body, suitable cavities are connected to channels, and arranged in the channels is a liquid with a refractive index which essentially corresponds to the refractive index of the basic body. By means of piezoelectric actuators, which are arranged on the cavities, the liquid is displaced into the channels. As a result, light which leads through the basic body is deflected in optionally two different directions, and an optical switch is provided.

摘要翻译： 光学部件包括其中布置有合适折射率的液体的通道。 通过借助于合适的致动器移动通道内的液体，光可选地被引导通过液体。 通过选择合适的折射率，光束可以以任何所需的角度偏转。 在小型化的实施例中，可以以高频控制光束。 在导光基体中，合适的空腔连接到通道，并且在通道中布置的是具有基本上对应于基体的折射率的折射率的液体。 通过设置在空腔上的压电致动器，液体被移动到通道中。 结果，引导通过基体的光可任意地沿两个不同的方向偏转，并提供光开关。

公开(公告)号：US06374010B1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-16

申请号：US09876232

申请日：2001-06-08

申请人： Roberto Zafferri

发明人： Roberto Zafferri

IPC分类号： G02B642

CPC分类号： G02B6/3582 ,  G02B6/3514 ,  G02B6/3528 ,  G02B6/3532 ,  G02B6/357 ,  G02B6/3572 ,  G02B6/3578

摘要： An optical switch for switching a light beam in an optical fiber communication line. The switch includes a hollow body, an optical system supported by a first part of the body for movement to act upon a light beam, and an actuator supported by a second part of the body for moving the optical system between first and second positions, in at least one of which positions the optical system acts upon a light beam. An elastic element is included, which has a first part connected to the actuator and a second part connected to the optical system for movement of the optical system by the actuator.

摘要翻译： 一种用于切换光纤通信线路中的光束的光开关。 所述开关包括中空体，由所述主体的第一部分支撑以用于作用于光束的光学系统，以及由所述主体的第二部分支撑的致动器，用于在所述第一和第二位置之间移动所述光学系统， 其中至少一个定位光学系统作用在光束上。 包括弹性元件，其具有连接到致动器的第一部分和连接到光学系统的第二部分，用于由致动器移动光学系统。