Analysis of a micro-optical light modulator

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1467-1471

  Glöckner, Steffen ^a   Göring, Rolf ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Micro optical switches; Micro optics; Microlenses; Modulators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041539648     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.001467     Document Type: Article

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