Optical characterization of 9 × 9 optical cross connect utilizing silicon lens scanners with spider-leg actuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6114, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kwon, Ho Nam ^a,b   Lee, Jong Hyun ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhiro ^b   Toshiyoshi, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actuator; Lens scanner; Micromaehined; Optical cross connect (OXC); Spider leg; XY stage

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INFRARED RADIATION; LENSES; MICROOPTICS; SCANNING; SILICON; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRANSPARENCY;

LENS SCANNER; MICROMACHINED; OPTICAL CROSS CONNECT (OXC); SPIDER LEG; XY STAGE;

OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION;

EID: 33646184178     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.645631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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