Compact 64 × 64 micromechanical optical cross connect

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 993-995

  Kozhevnikov, M ^a   Basavanhally, N R ^a   Weld, J D ^a   Low, Y L ^a   Kolodner, P ^a   Bolle, C A ^a   Ryf, R ^a   Papazian, A R ^a   Olkhovets, A ^a   Pardo, F ^a   Kim, J ^a   Neilson, D T ^a   Aksyuk, V A ^a   Gates, J V ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Micromechanical switches (MEMS); Micromechanics; Optical cross connect (OXC)

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MICROMACHINING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

MICROMECHANICAL SWITCHES (MEMS);

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0037664544     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.813408     Document Type: Article

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