Optical Switching Technology Comparison: Optical MEMS vs. Other Technologies

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Ma, Xiaohua ^a   Kuo, Geng Sheng ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOGRAPHY; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0242443644     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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