Optical switching device

Optical switching device

An optical switching device includes a first optical fiber terminating in a first window, and a plurality of second optical fibers each terminating in a corresponding second window. A concave mirror is selectively positionable with conjugate foci located respectively at the first window and selectiv...

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description An optical switching device includes a first optical fiber terminating in a first window, and a plurality of second optical fibers each terminating in a corresponding second window. A concave mirror is selectively positionable with conjugate foci located respectively at the first window and selectively at any one of the second windows so as to reciprocally image the first window and a selected second window on each other. The imaging mirror is rotated about an axis spaced from and parallel to the optical axis of the mirror, so as to rotate the mirror among a plurality of arcuately spaced selected positions. In each selected position the imaging means closes a light circuit between the first optical fiber and a selected second optical fiber.
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