On the expandability of free-space micromachined optical cross connects

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 482-489

  Lin, Lih Yuan ^a,b   Goldstein, Evan L ^a,b   Tkach, Robert W ^a  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Tellium Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE-SPACE MICROMACHINED OPTICAL CROSS CONNECTS; GAUSSIAN-BEAM DIVERGENCE;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; MICROMACHINING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0033732890     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.838122     Document Type: Article

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