Novel VOA using in-plane reflective micromirror and off-axis light attenuation.

Novel VOA using in-plane reflective micromirror and off-axis light attenuation.

A new off-axis light attenuation configuration combining with a movable reflective micromirror is proposed for variable optical attenuator (VOA) application. Comprehensive study of new comb drive actuators of a two-step structure is done to achieve large displacement of an actuated micromirror for V...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Communications magazine 41, 8 (2003).
Main Author: Chen, Chihchung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
MANs.
VOA.
WDM.
Actuated micromirror.
Comb drive actuators.
In-plane reflective micromirror.
Metropolitan area networks.
Movable reflective micromirror.
Off-axis light attenuation.
Two-step structure.
Variable optical attenuator application.
Wavelength-division multiplexing.