Transient effects and cascadability of an MEMS-based dynamic-gain equalizing filter: A case study

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 347-349

  Pau, Stanley ^a,b   Chand, Naresh ^b   Kojima, Keisuke ^b   Swaminathan, Venkataraman ^b  

^a AGERE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Microelectromechanical devices; Photonic switching systems; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; FIBER LASERS; GAIN CONTROL; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; TRANSIENTS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CASCADABILITY; DYNAMIC GAIN EQUALIZING FILTER; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; PHOTONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS; TRANSIENT EFFECTS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0037322473     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.806077     Document Type: Article

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