Development of microoptical waveguide on microactuating platform technologies for reconfigurable optical networking

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 533-542

  Oh, Kyunghwan ^a   Shin, W ^a   Jeong, Y S ^a   Lee, Jhang W ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C band; Coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM); E band; Fiber optics; Fused taper coupler; L band; Microelectromechanical system; Microoptics; O band; Optical fiber; Optical router; Optical switch; Tunable filter; Variable optical attenuator (VOA); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROOPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ROUTERS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

C BAND; COARSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (CWDM); E BAND; FUSED TAPER COUPLER; L BAND; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; O BAND; OPTICAL ROUTER; TUNABLE FILTER; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR (VOA);

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 15744397039     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.842308     Document Type: Article

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