Massive free-space optical 1×N fiber switch using an adaptive membrane mirror

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4493, Issue , 2002, Pages 64-70

  Gonté, Frédéric ^a   Peter, Yves Alain ^a   Herzig, Hans Peter ^a   Dändliker, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Deformable mirror; Fiber switch; Membrane mirror; Optical MEMS

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; CROSSTALK; FIBER OPTICS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INSERTION LOSSES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTIMIZATION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

ACHROMATIC LENS; ADAPTIVE MEMBRANE MIRROR; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL FIBER SWITCH;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0036395067     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454729     Document Type: Conference Paper

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