POINT-TO-POINT OPTICAL MUTUAL CONNECTION NETWORK

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a point-to-point optical mutual connection network capable of connecting the specified one of plural transmission processing parts with the specified one of plural reception processing parts. SOLUTION: This network has the plural light source chips 12 connected corresponding to plural transmission processing parts and the plural optical detectors 18 connected and arrayed corresponding to plural reception processing parts. Each of the plural light source chips 12 has plural point light sources 14 arrayed so as to correspond to the plural optical detectors 18. Each of the plural transmission processing parts starts the one point light source corresponding to the one of the plural optical detectors 18 connected with the specified one reception processing part to be connected of plural point light sources 14 in the light source chips 12 connected to the transmission processing parts and the point light source is made to radiate optical beam. Between the plural light source chips 12 and the plural optical detectors 18, matching means 16 and 20 leading the optical beam radiated from the one point light source to the one of the plural corresponding optical detectors 18 are arranged.