Reconfigurable wavelength add-drop filtering based on a Banyan network topology and ferroelectric liquid crystal fiber-optic switches

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1575-1584

  Riza, Nabeel A ^a   Yuan, Shifu ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANYAN NETWORK; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL (FLC) FIBER OPTIC SWITCHES; RECONFIGURABLE WAVELENGTH ADD-DROP FILTERING; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION (TIR) PRISMS;

CROSSTALK; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PRISMS; SWITCHING NETWORKS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0032595092     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.788563     Document Type: Article

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