MEMS retro-phase-modulator for free-space coherent optical communications

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 330-334

  Jenkins, Colin ^b   Brown, J Gordon ^b   Li, Jie ^b   Johnstone, Walter ^b   Uttamchandani, Deepak ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherent optical systems; Microactuators; Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Microoptoelectromechanical systems (MOEMS); Optical phase modulation

Indexed keywords

MICROOPTOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MOEMS); OPTICAL PHASE MODULATION; RETRO PHASE MODULATOR; TRANSMISSION COST;

BIT ERROR RATE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE MODULATION;

MEMS;

EID: 34247527008     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.892076     Document Type: Article

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