A reconfigurable thin-film filter-based 2 × 2 add-drop fiber-optic switch structure

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 930-932

  Sumriddetchkajorn, Sarun ^a   Chaitavon, Khunat ^a  

^a Thailand Ministry of Science and Technology   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Add drop filters; Fiber optic switches; Thin film filters; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; THIN FILMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ADD-DROP FILTERS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0038340388     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.813453     Document Type: Article

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