Fabrication of a mechanical antireflection switch for fiber-to-the-home systems

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-51

  Walker, James A ^a,b,c   Goossen, Keith W ^a,d,e   Arney, Susanne C ^a,f,g,h  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Adv Photonics Research Department

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^h MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT MODULATORS; MICROELECTRONIC PROCESSING; PACKET NETWORKS; PACKET SWITCHING; RELIABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MECHANICAL ANTIREFLECTION SWITCH; MICROELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL CONTRAST RATIO; OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT; PACKET SWITCHED DATA NETWORK;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0030104301     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/84.485215     Document Type: Article

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