Digital optical switch
CA 2257533 A1 · Owner: Heinrich-Hertz-Institut Fur Nachrichtentechnik Berlin Gmbh · Inventors: Yao, Huihai; Zawadzki, Crispin; Keil, Norbert
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A digital optical switch with two input terminals and two output terminals to satisfy the extensive uses of optical switches. The conditions for adiabatic mode evolution can be flexibly adjusted depending on the planned use for said switch, the technological production thereof still being simple. Inthe digital optical switch according to the invention the first incoming, waveguide, with regard to the second incoming waveguide in the input section and the third outgoing waveguide with regard to the fourth outgoing waveguide in the output section are symmetrical with each other in cross-section, index of refraction and arrangement in relation to the direction in which the light spreads. …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 30, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 30, 2017.
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