Design and implementation of a broadband optical rotary joint using C-lenses

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 4088-4093

  Jing, Wencai ^a   Jia, Dagong ^a   Tang, Feng ^a   Zhang, Hongxia ^a   Zhang, Yimo ^a   Zhou, Ge ^a   Yu, Jinlong ^a   Kong, Fanmin ^a   Liu, Kun ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CHANNEL CAPACITY; LENSES; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; POWER TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL ROTARY JOINTS (ORJ); OPTICAL SENSING; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (SDM);

OPTICAL DESIGN;

EID: 4644323765     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004088     Document Type: Article

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