Free-space optical relay for the interconnection of multimode fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2291-2296

  Neilson, David T ^a,b   Schenfeld, Eugen ^a,c  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS;

FREE-SPACE OPTICAL RELAYS; PLASTIC MICROLENSES; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032621151     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002291     Document Type: Article

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