Cascadability of large-scale 3-D MEMS-based low-loss photonic cross-connects

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 771-773

  Kaman, Volkan ^a   Zheng, Xuezhe ^a   Yuan, Shifu ^a   Klingshirn, Jim ^a   Pusarla, Chandrasekhar ^a   Helkey, Roger J ^a   Jerphagnon, Olivier ^a   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a Calient Networks   (United States)

Author keywords

Microelectromechanical devices; Optical fiber communication; Photonic switching systems; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

PHOTONIC CROSS CONNECT; PHOTONIC SWITCHING SYSTEM; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 17644368926     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.843654     Document Type: Article

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