A new micromachined optical fiber switch for instrumentation purposes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5455, Issue , 2004, Pages 264-273

  Herding, M ^a   Somogyi, G ^b   Mescheder, U ^b   Woias, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FURTWANGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COSTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POLYMERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATION; FIBER SWITCHES; OPTICAL ALIGNMENT;

MICROMACHINING;

EID: 8844286957     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.544798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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