A Liquid Crystal-Based Fourier Optical Spectrum Analyzer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 861-863

  Lu, Yan Qing ^a   Wong, Charles ^b   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Chorum Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM); Dynamic gain flattening filter (DGFF); Fourier transform spectrometer; Liquid crystal (LC) devices; Optical spectrum analyzer (OSA)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FOURIER OPTICS; GAIN CONTROL; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILTERS;

DYNAMIC GAIN-FLATTENING FILTERS (DGFF); OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZERS (OSA);

SPECTROGRAPHS;

EID: 1642602734     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823723     Document Type: Article

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