Reconfigurable 16-channel WDM DROP module using silicon MEMS optical switches

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-65

  Giles, C R ^a   Barber, B ^a   Aksyuk, V ^a   Ruel, R ^a   Stulz, Larry ^a   Bishop, D ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optic communications; MEMS devices; Micromachines; Optical networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INSERTION LOSSES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ROUTERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

RECONFIGURABLE DROP MODULES (RDM);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032715705     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.736392     Document Type: Article

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