Folded free-space polarization-controlled multistage interconnection network

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 29, 1998, Pages 6884-6891

  Marom, Dan M ^a   Shames, Paul E ^a   Xu, Fang ^a   Fainman, Yeshaiahu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CROSSTALK; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYSTEM STABILITY;

DILATED BYPASS EXCHANGE SWITCH; FRESNEL LENSLET; MULTISTAGE INTERCONNECTION NETWORK; POLARIZATION SELECTIVE DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0032505423     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006884     Document Type: Article

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