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US 2001/0033707 A1Published application
System and method for optically switching/routing optical channels of any wavelength to any fiber
OwnerC. Kumar N Patelinventor
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Abstract
An optical router switches any of the input optical channels to and from any recipient in response to digital control signal. The optical router enables relaying the optical channels in an assembly of micro-mechanical units. The input optical channels are directed to output optical fiber at predetermined positions in response to the digital control signal.
Claims1
An optical routing system for switching a plurality of input optical channels to a plurality of recipients, comprising:
- a switching device, the switching device including a plurality of micromechanical units and means for changing the angle of reflection occurring on a predetermined micro-mechanical unit to one of two positions in response to a binary control signal in order to switch one of the plurality of the input optical channels to any one of the plurality of the recipients.
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