Widely tunable Fabry-Perot filter using Ga(Al)As-AlOx deformable mirrors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 394-396

  Tayebati, P ^a   Wang, P D ^a   Vakhshoori, D ^a   Sacks, Robert N ^b  

^a CoreTek Inc ^*  (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TUNING;

BROAD SPECTRAL RESPONSE; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS (DBR); MICROINTERFEROMETERS; MICROMIRRORS;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0032023758     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.661421     Document Type: Article

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