Patent ID: 8693819
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical switching system, comprising: input optics, for receiving light from at least one input optical port and separating said light into a plurality of optical channels to assign a separate optical path to each channel of each input optical port; output optics, for combining optical paths into at least one output optical port; and an optical path steering arrangement for dynamically steering any optical path into any optical output port, said optical path steering arrangement having an input steering array and an output steering array arranged such that the input steering array is imaged onto said output steering array, wherein said input steering array is configured to receive light via said optical paths and steer each optical channel to an individual element of said output steering array, wherein said input optics comprises an input diffractive optical element for separating said light according to wavelength, and an input optical tilter array for separating said light according to said at least one input optical port.