Retro-axial VOA using parabolic mirror pair

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 692-694

  Zhang, X M ^a   Liu, A Q ^a   Cai, H ^a   Yu, A B ^b   Lu, C ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Optical attenuator (VOA); Parabolic micromirror

Indexed keywords

INSERTION LOSSES; LASER BEAMS; MEMS; MIRRORS;

OPTICAL COUPLING; PARABOLIC MICROMIRROR; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR;

ELECTRIC ATTENUATORS;

EID: 34249726704     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.894941     Document Type: Article

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