Optical performance of variable attenuation in large-scale 3-D MEMS-based photonic cross-connects

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1857-1859

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

^a Calient Networks   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FIBER OPTICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIRRORS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; PHOTONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 27144476425     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.852318     Document Type: Article

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