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US 2021/0373415 A1Published application
Reconfigurable integrated optical microswitch device
AssigneePrometheus, Inc.
InventorGian Giuseppe BENTINI
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AssigneePrometheus, Inc.
InventorGian Giuseppe BENTINI
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A reconfigurable integrated optical microswitch device (1) comprises a base layer (100), an adhesive layer (102) made of non-conducting material, a first layer of driving electrodes (104) arranged above the non-conducting adhesive layer (102), a layer of electro-optical material (106) arranged on the first layer of driving electrodes (104), a plurality of waveguides (50) afforded in the layer of electro-optical material (106), and a second layer of driving electrodes (110), arranged above the layer of electro-optical material (106) and connected to the plurality of waveguides (50). The device further comprises a layer of dielectric insulating material (108) arranged between the layer of electro-optical material (106) and the second layer of driving electrodes (110).
Reconfigurable integrated optical microswitch device (1) comprising
Switching method of an optical signal, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
Switching method of an optical signal, characterized in that it comprises a step of reprogramming in real time the plurality of electrical potentials applied on each waveguide (50), and generating a plurality of single wave fronts offset from each other according to a second predetermined configuration.
Switching method of an optical signal, characterized in that the diffraction pattern can be dynamically reprogrammed in real time in its time components, its space components and the distribution of relative intensities of the diffraction maximums and minimums.
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