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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chuan Pu, Middletown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Tellium, Inc., Oceanport, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/42 ;
Abstract
An optical network element using arrays of mirrors in an optical switch. A lens system is placed in between the mirror arrays and optical signals are passed through the lens system in an off-axis manner in order to increase switching capacity so that larger arrays of mirrors can be used, shorten the optical path through the switch or a combination of both.