Reconfigurable optical wavelength multiplexer using a MEMS tunable blazed grating

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3100-3107

  Antoine, Christophe ^a   Li, Xiang ^b   Wang, Jen Shiang ^c   Solgaard, Olav ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Invensense Inc   (United States)

^c Brion Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction gratings; Optical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Optical multiplexers (MUXs); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMS; MULTIPLEXING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL MULTIPLEXERS; TUNABLE BLAZED GRATING;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 36349022825     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.904427     Document Type: Article

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