| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a switch which is low in cost and is high in a switching rate by providing this switch with a link mechanism capable of moving an optical device between a first position deviating from an optical path and a second position within the optical path by the reciprocating motion of a moving plate. SOLUTION: The optical switch 2a has a hinged plate actuator 4a, the optical device 8 and the link mechanism 6a. The link mechanism 6a mechanically links or interconnects the hinged plate actuator 4a to the optical device 8. The link mechanism 6a exists along an axis 1-1. This axis 1-1 passes by a gap 10 between waveguides 12 and 14. The link mechanism 6a and the optical device 8 exist relative to the waveguides 12 and 14 in such a manner that the both are movable between the first position where the optical device 8 exists in the path of the light signal moving between the fibers and the second position where the device exists off the path. |
