Free-space optical switches based on polarization

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4582, Issue , 2001, Pages 71-78

  Hu, Qiaoyan ^a   Cao, Mingcui ^a   Luo, Fengguang ^a   Tan, Wei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

OADM; Optical switch; OXC

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CROSSTALK; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PRISMS;

FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL SWITCH; OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXER; OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECT; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; SPACE LIGHT MODULATOR;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0035776833     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.445079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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