Title:
OPTICAL SWITCH AND OPTICAL SWITCH SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/032071
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide an optical switch which enables switching between optical paths with less power, and an optical switch system. In order to achieve the abovementioned purpose, an optical switch according to the present disclosure comprises: a plate-shaped cladding provided with a groove in a thickness direction; opposite lenses exposed in the groove; two optical waveguides coaxially disposed within the cladding, the respective one ends thereof being exposed on the surface of the cladding, and the respective other ends thereof facing each other in the groove across the opposite lenses; a movable transparent body that transmits light of the opposite lenses when being sandwiched between the opposite lenses within the groove; and a movable double-sided mirror that reflects light incident from the opposite lenses in a direction opposite to an incidence direction when being sandwiched between the opposite lenses within the groove.
Inventors:
FUJIMOTO TATSUYA (JP)
KAWANO TOMOHIRO (JP)
NAKAE KAZUHIDE (JP)
WATANABE HIROSHI (JP)
KATAYAMA KAZUNORI (JP)
KAWANO TOMOHIRO (JP)
NAKAE KAZUHIDE (JP)
WATANABE HIROSHI (JP)
KATAYAMA KAZUNORI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2021/032108
Publication Date:
March 09, 2023
Filing Date:
September 01, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE (JP)
International Classes:
G02B26/08
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
OKADA, Kenji et al. (JP)
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