Demonstration of the MEMS digital micromirror device-based broadband reconfigurable optical add-drop filter for dense wavelength-division-multiplexing systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 520-526

  Khan, Sajjad A ^a,b   Riza, Nabeel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Add drop multiplexer; Fiber optics; Filter; Microelectro mechanical system (MEMS); Reconfigurable; Wavelength selection

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FAULT TOLERANCE; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FILTERS; POLARIZATION; ROUTING PROTOCOLS;

HIGH-WAVELENGTH-RESOLUTION MULTIPLE CHANNELS; OPTICAL ADD-DROP FILTER (OADF);

MEMS;

EID: 34147139804     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.893164     Document Type: Article

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