US 11,747,569 B2
Movable optical switching medium
Zoran Jandric, St. Louis Park, MN (US); Kevin A. Gomez, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Dan Mohr, Roseville, MN (US); Anil J. Reddy, Minneapolis, MN (US); Aditya Jain, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Krishnan Subramanian, Shakopee, MN (US)
Assigned to Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/504,065.
Application 17/504,065 is a continuation of application No. 16/513,455, filed on Jul. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,150,410.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105741 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3536 (2013.01) [G02B 6/26 (2013.01); G02B 6/3504 (2013.01); G02B 6/356 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus comprising:
an input/output (I/O) apparatus; and
an optical switching medium defining planar surface and comprising a plurality of optical waveguides defining a plurality of optical switching regions, the optical switching medium configured with respect to the I/O apparatus to position the I/O apparatus a distance perpendicular to the planar surface away from the plurality of optical switching regions and movable with respect to the I/O apparatus to position the optical switching regions to align the I/O apparatus with the plurality of optical switching regions to receive optical signals from the I/O apparatus and to transmit the optical signals to the I/O apparatus to provide switching of the optical signals.