Title:
導波管の内部および外部に光を選択的に結合するための統合ＭＥＭＳスイッチ
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP7133552
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An all-solid state optical transmit/receive terminal includes binary optical switches to steer an optical beam, without mechanical components, phased array of emitters/collectors or large number of phase shifters. A lens optically couples a surface array of emitters/collectors to free space, giving each emitter/collector a respective direction in free space. The emitters/collectors are also coupled, via an “H-tree” or other branched optical waveguide network, to a common input/output port, and from there to a receiver and/or transmitter. The binary optical switches are disposed at optical junctions of the optical waveguide network. ON switches pass an optical signal through the optical waveguide network, between the common input/output port and one or more selected emitter/collectors, thereby selecting a free space direction(s). Only a relatively small subset of the binary optical switches needs to be ON, therefore powered, simultaneously at any given time.
Inventors:
Spector, Stephen Jay.
Mobius, Michael Gee.
Lane, Benjamin F.
Favarolla, Greg Yee.
Mobius, Michael Gee.
Lane, Benjamin F.
Favarolla, Greg Yee.
Application Number:
JP2019529194A
Publication Date:
September 08, 2022
Filing Date:
December 16, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
The Charles Stark Drapa Laboratory Incorporated
International Classes:
G02B26/08; B81B3/00; B81B7/02; G02B30/27
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2005519323A | ||||
| JP2004534281A | ||||
| JP2016508235A | ||||
| JP2005172850A |
Foreign References:
| US5757536 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shusaku Yamamoto
Morishita Natsuki
Takatoshi Iida
Daisuke Ishikawa
Kensaku Yamamoto
Morishita Natsuki
Takatoshi Iida
Daisuke Ishikawa
Kensaku Yamamoto