MEMS-Based Channelized Dispersion Compensator With Flat Passbands

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-105

  Neilson, David T ^a   Ryf, Roland ^a   Pardo, Flavio ^a   Aksyuk, Vladimir A ^a   Simon, Maria Elina ^a   Lopez, Daniel O ^a   Marom, Dan M ^a   Chandrasekhar, S ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion compensator; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFLECTION;

DISPERSION COMPENSATORS; FLAT PASSBANDS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS);

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 1442287434     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.822835     Document Type: Conference Paper

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