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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Christopher Ralph Pescod, Chelmsford, GB;
Mohammed Nawaz, Chelmsford, GB;
Colin James Harper, Chelmsford, GB;
BAE Systems plc, London, GB;
Abstract
An optical selector arrangement (), comprising: a first set of optical ports (), having a first number of optical ports, the first number being greater than or equal to 2; a second set of optical ports (), having a second number of optical ports, the second number being greater than the first number; the second set of optical ports being for communicating with the first set of optical ports, a selector interface () for the optical selector arrangement, the selector interface comprising the second set of optical ports (), a part of the optical selector arrangement functioning as a selector (), the selector being arranged to selectively optically couple the first set of optical ports () to a set of ports of the second set of optical ports () of the selector interface, the selector () being rotatable relative to the selector interface () to facilitate the selection by optically aligning the first set of optical ports () to the second set of optical ports () of the selector interface (); the selector () being configured to be continuously relatively rotatable over multiple rotations, to selectively optically couple the first set of optical ports () to a different set of ports of the second set of optical ports of the selector interface.