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Patent
CA 1245755
ELECTRICALLY SWITCHED FIBER OPTIC DIRECTIONAL COUPLER Abstract of the Disclosure This invention relates to an electrically switchable fiber optic directional coupler. Two oppositely oriented blocks of an interaction material are placed adjacent the fibers in an evanescent field coupler. Application of an electromagnetic field to the interaction material increases the refractive index of one fiber and decreases the refractive index of the other. The change in refractive indices of the blocks of the interaction material increases the propagation constant of one fiber and decreases that of the other fiber. The coupling of optical signals between the fibers may be varied between zero and 100% by controlling the aplied field to change the propagation constants between values that provide complete cross coupling of light from one fiber into the other and straight through propagation provides an electrically controllable switching action.
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Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Litton Systems Inc.
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