A MEMS-based VOA with very low PDL

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1047-1049

  Bashir, Aymen ^a   Katila, Pekka ^a   Ogier, Nicolas ^a   Saadany, Bassam ^a   Khalil, Diaa A ^a,b  

^a Egypt   (France)

^b The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fiber optic component; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device; Polarization dependent loss (PDL); Variable optical attenuator (VOA)

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; REFLECTION;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM REFLECTION; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 1942500937     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824647     Document Type: Article

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