Tunable optical transversal filters based on a Gires-Tournois interferometer with MEMS phase shifters

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 588-597

  Yu, Kyoungsik ^a   Solgaard, Olav ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Microelectromechanical devices; Optical filters; Transversal filters; Tunable filters; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PHASE SHIFTERS; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FREE SPECTRAL RANGE (FSR); GIRES-TOURNOIS INTERFEROMETER (GTI); POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); TRANSVERSAL FILTERS; TUNABLE FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 4344691300     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.828477     Document Type: Article

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