Super high-performance MEMS fiber optic Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) for aerospace & commercial applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5814, Issue , 2005, Pages 159-165

  Ghauri, Farzan N ^a   Riza, Nabeel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital Micro Mirror Device (DMD ); Fiber optics; Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA)

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; DIGITAL MICRO MIRROR DEVICES (DMD); PHOTONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR (VOA);

CONTROL SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE SENSORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADAR SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS;

EID: 27544438683     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.604919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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