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US 2006/0051013 A1Published application
System and method for controlling deflection of optical beams
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorAlan Graves
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InventorAlan Graves
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A method of controlling deflection of an optical beam at a beam steering element. The method comprises receiving switching instructions indicative of a target one of a plurality of potential transmit or receive elements; determining a control signal associated with the target transmit or receive element; and applying the control signal to the beam steering element, thereby to cause deflection of the optical beam. Deflection of optical beams on the basis of the determined control signal allows greater pointing accuracy. Also, a port card, comprising a plurality of optical transmitter elements operative to produce respective optical beams from the input optical signals; and an array of beam steering elements operative to controllably orient the optical beams into respective transmit directions. The port card also comprises a controller for controlling the beam steering elements of the array using, for example, the above method.
A method of controlling deflection of an optical beam at a beam steering element, comprising:
A method of controlling deflection of an optical beam at a first beam steering element and a second beam steering element, comprising:
Computer-readable media tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computer to perform a method of controlling deflection of an optical beam at a beam steering element, the method comprising:
A computer-readable storage medium containing a program element for execution by a computing device to implement a method of controlling deflection of an optical beam at a beam steering element, the program element including:
A control module for controlling deflection of an optical beam at a beam steering element, comprising:
A port card, comprising
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.