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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1996
Seon Gyu Han, Daejeon, KR;
Hye Young Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Myung Hyun Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Hyung Jong Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Yong Hyub Won, Daejeon, KR;
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
An optical switch having reduced processing errors in a coupling region, according to the claimed invention includes an input portion having a pair of optical waveguides; an output portion having a pair of optical waveguides; a light phase shifting portion for inducing an additional phase change on light travelling in the input portion; a first light coupling waveguide for coupling between two light signals of the input portion and for providing a coupled signal with the light phase shifting portion; and a second light coupling waveguide for coupled between two light signals of the light phase shifting means and for providing a coupled signal with the output portion. The light coupling unit includes a waveguide. The switch reduces considerably any error that stems from manufacturing variations between waveguides in a coupling region since the waveguides share the error produced in a coupling region. The length of the switching element can be reduced since the coupled between waveguides is not indirect as in DC switches and BB switches. Due to the reduction in length, the output loss is reduced considerable.