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Switch matrix including optically non-linear elements

  • US 5,150,183 A
  • Filed: 05/10/1989
  • Issued: 09/22/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a switch matrix composed of a plurality of optically non-linear elements disposed as optically active layers on a common substrate surface;

  • the improvement wherein;

    the substrate surface is a microstructure composed of a plurality of pillars with lateral spacings in a micron range; and

    the optically active layers of the respective devices are applied to respective frontal faces of free pillar ends in a cross-sectional region of the pillars.

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