发明名称 |
ANALOG OPTICAL SWITCH USING AN INTEGRATED MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER HAVING A MOVABLE PHASE SHIFTER |
摘要 |
Optical devices employing a Mach-Zehnder interferometer ("MZI") device having a phase shifter provided in one arm that enables the construction of significantly smaller optical devices than typical photonic devices, and significantly reduces the amount of on-chip real estate occupied by such devices, while not affecting the ability of such devices to introduce a predetermined phase shift in an optical signal. The present invention takes advantage of the extremely small mechanical actuators which can be fabricated using small-scale fabrication techniques, and so significantly reduces the room needed on a chip for optical switches. These more compact switches require less chip space and so provide for denser integration of a plurality of optical devices in an optical component. |
申请公布号 |
WO0138922(A3) |
申请公布日期 |
2002.09.12 |
申请号 |
WO2000US32166 |
申请日期 |
2000.11.22 |
申请人 |
NANOVATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
发明人 |
AL-HEMYARI, KADHAIR |
分类号 |
G02B6/12;G02B6/35;G02B6/42 |
主分类号 |
G02B6/12 |
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