Optical beam direction compensating system for board-to-board free space optical interconnection in high-capacity ATM switch

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 874-881

  Hirabayashi, Katsuhiko ^a,b,c,d,e   Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi ^a,b,e,f   Hino, Shigeki ^a   Kohama, Yoshitaka ^b   Tateno, Kouta ^b  

^a NTT Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^f KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATM printed circuit boards; Light deflectors; Liquid crystal (LC); Optical interconnections; Switching systems

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRISMS; SWITCHING NETWORKS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

FIBER COLLIMATOR ARRAY; LIGHT DEFLECTORS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE;

EID: 0031142477     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.580830     Document Type: Article

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