A MEMS variable optical attenuator (VOA) for DWDM applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4755, Issue , 2002, Pages 485-495

  Zhang, X M ^a   Liu, A Q ^a   Lu, C ^a,b   Tang, D Y ^a   Wang, F ^b   Liu, Z S ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DWDM; Fiber optical communication; MEMS; Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA)

Indexed keywords

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ELECTRIC ATTENUATORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS (VOA);

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 6444245818     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.462847     Document Type: Article

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