High-speed continuously tunable liquid crystal filter for WDM networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1067-1080

  Sneh, Anat ^a,b,c   Johnson, Kristina M ^b,d,e,f,g,h  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f UCB 450   (United States)

^g Lasers and Electro Optics Society

^h NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

HIGH SPEED CONTINUOUSLY TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL FILTERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIACCESS OPTICAL NETWORKS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0030164965     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.511608     Document Type: Article

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