| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical switch which is miniaturized and integrated. SOLUTION: The optical switch 1 is equipped with a base substrate 2, where a plurality of V-grooves 4 extending vertically to the width direction of the optical switch 1 are formed across a channel part 3 and optical fibers 5a-5d are arranged in each V-groove 4. On the base substrate 2, a cantilever 10 and an electrode 14 extending in the axial direction of the optical fibers 5a-5d are positioned. At the tip end of the cantilever 10, a mirror part 13 is arranged which reflects light emitted from either one of the optical fibers 5a, 5b to the other. The cantilever 10 and the electrode 14 are connected through a voltage source 16. By applying a voltage between the cantilever 10 and the electrode 14 with this voltage source 16, a static electric power is generated between them, bending the cantilever 10 and moving the mirror part 13. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI |
