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Fiber optic switch

Optical fibers are commonly used for the transmission of all types of data, including telecommunications, video, and computer data. Fiber optic cables are increasingly being used in the network industry, instead of coaxial cables and twisted pairs, because of their much broader bandwidth, better propagation properties, and other optimal transmission characteristics. Optical fibers offer much higher bandwidths than copper cables and are less susceptible to various kinds of electromagnetic interference and other undesirable effects. Because of these advantages, fiber optic cables often are used as an alternative to wire in networks. Optical communications systems employ optical channels, such as fiber optics, to transmit a signal from one of a plurality of transmitters to any one of a plurality of receivers. An optical switch is typically used to couple a selected transmitter to a selected receiver. In order to effect optical switching, different types of switches may be used which meet different performance criteria. For example, such switches may commonly be characterized by switching speed, coupling loss, and connectivity. In addition, cost, reliability, and durability over switching lifetime are also important design considerations for such switches. Optical switches are a basic building block for many optical applications such as routing in fiber communications networks, photonic signal processing, distributed optical sensing, and optical controls. An optical fiber switch is capable of optically connecting, or aligning, any one of a first group of optical fibers with any one of a second group of optical fibers, or vice versa, enabling an optical signal to propagate through the optical interface junction from one fiber to the other.

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