In Situ measurement of misalignment errors in free-space optical interconnects

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 847-857

  Boisset, G C ^a   Rolston, D R ^a   Robertson, B ^a   Liu, Y S ^a   Iyer, R ^a   Kabal, D ^a   Plant, D V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alignment diagnostic; Boundary scan; Free space optical interconnect; Optical backplane; Optical packaging; Optomechanics

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; STANDARDS;

MISALIGNMENT ERROR MEASUREMENT; MULTISTAGE OPTICAL BACKPLANE DEMONSTRATOR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PACKAGING; OPTICAL POWER SUPPLY;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0032072946     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.669016     Document Type: Article

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