A review of MEMS external-cavity tunable lasers

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Liu, A Q ^a   Zhang, X M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MEMS; MIRRORS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

INTEGRATION COMPATIBILITY; MEMS LASERS;

LASER TUNING;

EID: 33947577868     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/17/1/R01     Document Type: Article

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