Characterization and fabrication of MOEMS-based diffractive optical switching elements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6114, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Verheggen, Jaap ^a   Panaman, Ganesh ^a   Castracane, James ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction Gratings; Free Space Optical Communication; FSOI; Mems Compound Grating; MOEMS; Optical Interconnect

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MULTIPLEXING; POLYIMIDES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

COMPOUND GRATING; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; FSOI; MICRO-OPTO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MOEMS); OPTICAL INTERCONNECT;

SWITCHING;

EID: 33646168531     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.647806     Document Type: Conference Paper

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