Analysis of the interchannel response in a MEMS 1 × N2 wavelength-selective switch

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3227-3232

  Tsai, Jui Che ^a   Yin, Chun Yi ^a   Sun, Chia Wei ^b   Wu, Ming C ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER OPTICS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; WAVELENGTH;

DISPERSION DIRECTION; INTERCHANNEL RESPONSE; INTERCHANNEL RESPONSE SUPPRESSION; OUTPUT PORT LOCATION;

MEMS;

EID: 34547251722     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.003227     Document Type: Article

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