Analog Devices,inc.

Shanti Bhattacharya

Jeffrey Ralph Swift

Michael W Judy

John R Martin

Kieran P Harney

Lawrence E Felton

Yakov Reznichenko

Chang-Han Yun

A fiber-attached optical device with in-plane micromachined mirrors includes a cover having at least one reflector formed on one side and a substrate having a plurality of micromachined optical mirrors formed substantially on a single plane on a side facing toward the mirrored side of the cover. The micromachined optical mirrors are controllable to reflect optical signals between a plurality of optical fiber segments via the at least one reflector. The plurality of optical fiber segments can be attached to either the cover or the substrate so as to form an integrated package including the substrate, the cover, and the plurality of optical fiber segments. The mirrors can be controlled to variably attenuate the optical signals.

Fiber-attached optical devices with in-plane micromachined mirrors

An optical switch (a/k/a 'optical switching unit') includes at least two sides, an input, a plurality of outputs on the same side as the input. The optical switch further includes a plurality of mirrors to direct light beams between the input and at least one of the plurality of outputs. The plurality of mirrors illustratively are pop-up mirrors.

Method and apparatus for optical switching with same side input and outputs

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Shanti Bhattacharya