MEMS based variable optical attenuator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4601, Issue , 2001, Pages 97-103

  Dai, Xuhan ^a   Zhao, Xiaolin ^a   Li, Wenjun ^a   Cai, Bingchu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DWDM; MEMS; Variable optic attenuator

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS (VOA);

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0035773687     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.444720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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