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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
Kadhair Al-hemyari, Northville, MI (US);
LNL Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A Mach-Zehnder interferometer includes a continuous arm defining a first optical path having a length and a non-continuous arm having first and second parts with a trench defined therebetween, the non-continuous arm defining a second optical path the length of which differs from that of the first optical path. A phase shifter is selectively movable between a first position in which the phase shifter introduces no phase shift to a signal traveling along the second optical path and at least a second position at which the phase shift introduces a phase shift to the optical signal traveling along the second path relative to a signal traveling through the first optical path. A M×M optical switch using such a Mach-Zehnder interferometer.