Patent ID: 6961488
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical switch, comprising: an input waveguide connected to an input optical fiber through which an optical signal is inputted; a plurality of output waveguides connected to a plurality of output optical fibers through which the optical signal is outputted; an actuator positioned between the input waveguide and the output waveguides, and having a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) structure including a fixed part and a moving part connected to the fixed part by a spring to move by a predetermined force; and a plurality of moving waveguides assembled with the moving part of the actuator and moving in a same direction as a movement of the moving part in such a way that first ends of the moving waveguides correspond in position to the input waveguide, and second ends of the moving waveguides correspond in position to the output waveguides.