Integrated optics beam deflectors and systems
AssigneeChiaro Networks Ltd.
InventorsEyal Shekel, Daniel Majer, Shlomo Ruschin, Guy Matmon, Jacob Vecht, Yedidia Ariel
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Abstract
This invention discloses a selectably directable optical beam deflecting device including at least at least one substrate having formed thereon a multiplicity of waveguides, each waveguide receiving light and emitting light, the totality of light emitted by said multiplicity of waveguides producing at least one selectably directable output beam and at least one multiplexer applying electrical inputs to the at least one substrate for individually controlling the light emitted by each of the multiplicity of waveguides, thereby governing the orientation of the selectably directable output beam.
Claims96
An optical switch comprising:
- a plurality of ports;
- an optical crossbar assembly comprising:
- at least one selectably directable optical beam deflecting device comprising:
- a multiplicity of waveguides formed in at least one monolithic semiconductor substrate, the totality of light emitted by said multiplicity of waveguides producing at least one selectably directable output beam;
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- a source of electrical inputs to said at least one substrate for individually controlling the light emitted by each of the multiplicity of waveguides, thereby governing the orientation of said selectably directable output beam;
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- at least one beam receiving device;
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- a plurality of information carrying optical fibers interconnecting said plurality of ports with inputs to said optical crossbar assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.