| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reconfigurable directional optical system comprising N ports that can be configured individually as inputs or outputs. <P>SOLUTION: The system of this kind comprises at least one optical device 230 having unidirectional inputs 250 and outputs 240, the total number of which is equal to or less than N, and an N×N optical switch 260 such that each of the ports 210 can be interchangeably coupled either to one of the inputs 250 or to one of the outputs 240 of the optical device 230. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO |
