Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical switch using optical fibers
- Patent Title (中): 使用光纤的光开关
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Application No.: US14244893Application Date: 2014-04-03
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Publication No.: US09128252B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Yuanjian Xu , Terry Lee Holcomb
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: G02B6/35
- IPC: G02B6/35 ; G02B23/24

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for routing light signals. A light signal is sent into a first optical fiber core in an optical coupler having an input region, a coupling region, and an output region. The first optical fiber core is located in a cladding having a substantially circular cross section. The light signal is coupled between the first optical fiber core and one of the first optical fiber core and a second optical fiber core in the coupling region of the optical coupler based on a position of the coupling region as the light signal travels through the coupling region to the output region of the optical coupler using a switching system configured to move the coupling region between one of a first position and a second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150205049A1 OPTICAL SWITCH USING OPTICAL FIBERS Public/Granted day:2015-07-23
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