Micro electro mechanical system optical switching
The present disclosure includes apparatus, system, and method embodiments that provide micro electo mechanical system optical switching and methods of manufacturing switches. For example, one optical switch embodiment includes at least one micro electro mechanical system type pivot mirror structure disposed along a path of an optical signal, the structure having a mirror and an actuator, and the mirror having a pivot axis along a first edge and having a second edge rotatable with respect to the pivot axis, the mirror being capable of and arranged to be actuated to pivot betweeen a position parallel to a plane of an optical signal and a position substantially normal to the plane of the optical signal.
- Research Organization:
- SNL (Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States))
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Assignee:
- Lockheed Martin Corporation (Bethesda, MD)
- Patent Number(s):
- 8,611,706
- Application Number:
- 12/291,428
- OSTI ID:
- 1110774
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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