Optomechanics for a four-stage hybrid-self-electro-optic-device-based free-space optical backplane

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 29, 1997, Pages 7341-7358

  Boisset, G C ^a   Ayliffe, M H ^a   Robertson, B ^a   Iyer, R ^a   Liu, Y S ^a   Plant, D V ^a   Goodwill, D J ^b,c   Kabal, D ^a   Pavlasek, D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alignment; Diagnostics; Optical backplane; Optomechanics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LENSES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL LINKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HYBRID SELF ELECTRO OPTIC DEVICE; OPTICAL BACKPLANE; OPTICAL POWER SUPPLY; OPTOMECHANICS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0031563658     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007341     Document Type: Article

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