Free-space micromachined optical switches with submillisecond switching time for large-scale optical crossconnects

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 525-527

  Lin, L Y ^a,b   Goldstein, E L ^a,b   Tkach, R W ^a,b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Free space; Micromachine; Micromirror; Optical crossconnect; WDM

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CROSSTALK; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROMACHINING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

FREE SPACE MICROMACHINED OPTICAL SWITCHES (FS MOS); MICROMIRRORS; OPTICAL CROSSCONNECTS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 3643105252     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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