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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Dencki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 ;
Abstract
A free-space optical switch includes a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror array for switching an optical transmission path having an input MEMS mirror array and an output MEMS mirror array confronting an input fiber port array and an output fiber port array, respectively. The input MEMS mirror array and the output MEMS mirror array are integral with each other and divided from each other by at least two intersecting lines.