Tunable and Switchable Multiple-Cavity Thin Film Filters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 126-135

  Domash, Lawrence ^a   Wu, Ming ^a   Nemchuk, Nikolay ^a   Ma, Eugene ^a  

^a Aegis Semiconductor Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Add drop filters; Multiple cavities; Switchable filters; Thermo optic tuning; Thin film filters; Tunable filters; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ANNEALING; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FIBER OPTICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; THERMAL EXPANSION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ADD-DROP FILTERS; MULTIPLE CAVITIES; SWITCHABLE FILTERS; THERMO-OPTIC TUNING; TUNABLE FILTERS;

THIN FILM DEVICES;

EID: 1442360436     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.823349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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