Design and simulation of a 16-bit variable optical attenuator

2002 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Optical MEMs, OMEMS 2002 - Conference Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 53-54

  Sun, W ^a   Mughal, M J ^b   Noell, W ^a   Perez, F ^b   Riza, N A ^b,c   De Rooij, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b Nuonics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MOEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CHIP DIMENSIONS; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; DRIVING VOLTAGES; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; LIGHT INTENSITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SOI TECHNOLOGY; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84963758675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OMEMS.2002.1031439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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