| 摘要 |
<p>A mechanical optical switch having enhanced alignment uses two optical fiber structures (40,35) containing corresponding arrays of optical fibers (42,37) fixed to first and second substrates cleaved from a common substrate. In an exemplary embodiment, an array of optical fibers is fixed to a common substrate substantially parallel to one another. The resulting structure is cleaved across the optical fiber array to produce cleaved structures. The enhanced optical fiber alignment at the cleaved edges is provided by securing particular respective surfaces of the cleaved substrates to surfaces of two bases aligned in a common plane. Such enhanced alignment occurs in a direction normal to the plane of the surfaces of the bases. Alignment of the optical fibers in a direction parallel to this plane and optical connections between optical fibers of the respective structures occurs by moving the second cleaved structure relative to the first cleaved structure in a direction along the cleaved edges. <IMAGE></p> |
