A thermally tunable GaAlAs-GaAs micromachined optical filter with submillisecond tuning speed

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1501-1503

  Amano, T ^a   Hino, T ^a   Koyama, F ^a   Arai, M ^a   Matsutani, A ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microelectromechanical system; Optical communication; Tunable filter; Wavelength tuning

Indexed keywords

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMACHINING; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; TUNING;

TUNABLE FILTER; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 2942756193     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.827110     Document Type: Article

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