Widely Tunable, Narrow Optical Bandpass Gaussian Filter Using a Silicon Microactuator

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 86, Issue , 2003, Pages 252-253

  Berger, J ^a   Ilkov, F ^a   King, D ^a   Tselikov, A ^a   Anthon, D ^a  

^a Iolon Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN OPTICAL BANDPASS FILTER; PROJECTED BEAMS; BUTTERFLY PACKAGES; DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; GAUSSIAN FILTERS; NARROW BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL BANDPASS; OPTICAL DIFFRACTIONS; WAVELENGTH CONTROL; WIDELY TUNABLE;

BANDWIDTH; DEMULTIPLEXING; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROACTUATORS; MONOCHROMATORS; SILICON; BANDPASS FILTERS; DIFFRACTION; INSERTION LOSSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL LOSSES;

BANDPASS FILTERS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1642483027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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