Optical routing device comprising hollow waveguides and MEMS reflective elements,申请号US20100923656-传众专利搜索

Optical routing device comprising hollow waveguides and MEMS reflective elements

申请公布号：US2011164845(A1)

申请号：US20100923656

申请日期：2010.09.30

申请公布日期：2011.07.07

申请人：

QINETIQ LIMITED

发明人：JENKINS RICHARD M.;MCNIE MARK E.;COMBES DAVID J.;MCQUILLAN JAMES

分类号：G02B6/35

主分类号：G02B6/35

摘要：An optical routing device is described that comprises a semiconductor substrate (52) having at least one optical input (4), a plurality of optical outputs (6,8) and an array of MEMS moveable reflective elements (58;102). The array of moveable reflective elements (58;102) are configurable such that light can be selectively routed from any one optical input (4) to any one of two or more of said plurality of optical outputs (6,8). Light selectively routed from any one optical input to any one of two or more of said plurality of optical outputs (6,8) is guided within a hollow core waveguide (54). In one embodiment, a cross-connect optical matrix switch is described.