Tunable thin-film filters: Review and perspectives

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5250, Issue , 2004, Pages 302-311

  Lequime, Michel ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

DWDM; Telecommunication networks; Thin film filters; Tunable optical filters

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ETALONS; FIBER OPTICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WAVE FILTERS;

THIN-FILM FILTERS (TFF); TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTERS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 1942457382     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.516026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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