Patent ID: 6711322
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical switch comprising:an optical-fiber-arraying-member in which a plurality of optical fiber fixing grooves extending along radial directions of a virtual circle are radially formed in a predetermined surface of a base material; a plurality of array-side optical fibers arrayed in said plurality of optical fiber fixing grooves of said optical-fiber-arraying-member, said array-side optical fibers being arrayed so that end faces thereof are directed along directions opposite to those toward the center axis of said virtual circle; a moving-side optical fiber having an end thereof selectively optically connected to either of said plurality of array-side optical fibers and positioned on a respective one of said grooves; wherein said moving-side optical fiber and said optical-fiber-arraying member are rotated relative to each other about a center axis of said virtual circle to select said array-side optical fiber to be optically connected to said moving-side optical fiber.