Article comprising controllable optical connectors
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsRolando Patricio Espindola, Sungho Jin, Hareesh Mavoori
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Abstract
In accordance with the invention, a device for controlling alignment between two optical devices comprises a mobile magnet attached to a mobile optical device and a plurality of programmable magnets for moving the mobile magnet (and attached optical device) in relation to a second optical device. In preferred embodiments, the programmable magnets are latchable.
Claims12
An optical connection device for aligning or deliberately misaligning optical components comprising:
- at least two optical components;
- a movable magnet attached to at least one of said optical components;
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- at least one programmable magnet for providing controllable movement of said movable magnet and thereby providing controlled displacement of the attached optical component in relation to the other optical component.
An optical connection device for aligning or deliberately misaligning optical components from among first set of optical components with optical components from a second set, comprising:
- one or more movable magnets attached to optical components from said first set;
- one or more programmable magnets for providing controlled movement of said movable magnets and thereby providing controlled displacement of the attached optical components in relation to optical components in said second set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.