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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Graham J. Martin, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Jian MA, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Chialun Tsai, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Graham J. Martin, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Jian Ma, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Chialun Tsai, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An optical cross-connect is provided. The optical cross-connect includes a glass wedge, having a front end and a back end, positioned between a first one-dimensional collimator array and a second one-dimensional collimator array, where the first collimator array includes a first V-groove array having a first set of etched grooves for placing a first group of optical fibers and the second collimator array includes a second V-groove array having a second set of etched grooves for placing a second group of optical fibers; and a MEMS substrate attached at a fixed distance to the front end of the glass wedge, where the front end is covered in a reflective coating for reflecting light from the first and second collimator arrays onto the MEMS substrate.
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