Future of MEMS in telecommunications networks

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Walker, James A ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (DWDM);

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0034274720     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/10/3/201     Document Type: Article

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