A micromachined 2 × 2 optical switch aligned with bevel-ended fibers for low return loss

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 258-263

  Kwon, Ho Nam ^a   Lee, Jong Hyun ^a  

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

Author keywords

Beveled fiber; Micromachined; Optical add drop multiplexer (OADM); Optical switch; Return loss (RL)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROMACHINING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; REFRACTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BEVEL ENDED FIBERS; MICROMIRROR; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; RETURN LOSS; TIME DEPENDENT LOSS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 1942468586     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2004.825296     Document Type: Article

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