Waveguide-MEMS cascaded variable optical attenuator with enhanced performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5602, Issue , 2004, Pages 19-26

  Jeong, Yunsong ^a   Bae, Sangchul ^a   Oh, Kyunghwan ^a   Jeong, Hoon ^c   Cho, Young June ^b  

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

^b Korea Inst of Industrial Technology ^*  (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fiber optics; Fused biconical taper coupler; Photoelastic effect; Single mode fiber; Variable optic attenuator

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FIBER OPTICS; HEATING; INSERTION LOSSES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FUSED BICONICAL TAPER (FBT) COUPLERS; PHOTOELASTIC EFFECTS; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS (PLC); VARIABLE OPTIC ATTENUATORS (VOA);

WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS;

EID: 17644374173     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.571142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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