| 摘要 |
The invention pertains to a (cascaded) optical switch at least comprising one input path, a number of output paths, one or more switch or splitter stages each comprising one or more optical switches or splitters, and at least one gate for optically disconnecting the output paths from the input path, wherein that gate is located at or near the input path. The cascaded switches according to the present invention are compact exhibit a reduced complexity and an improved insertion loss.
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