A MEMS pitch-tunable grating add/drop multiplexers

Author

Zhang, X.M. ; Liu, A.Q.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Production Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

26

Abstract

Summary form only given. A new add/drop multiplexers MEMS device based on polysilicon pitch-tunable gratings is reported and used to in WDM environment in fibre-optic communication systems. The polysilicon pitchtunable gratings are very attractive for implementing WDM switches, as reflection grating is used to disperse incident light into angular directions determined by the incident light´s wavelength and the structural parameters of the grating

Keywords

diffraction gratings; micro-optics; micromechanical devices; multiplexing equipment; optical tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; MEMS pitch-tunable grating add/drop multiplexers; WDM environment; add/drop multiplexers MEMS device; angular directions; disperse incident light; fibre-optic communication systems; incident light wavelength; polysilicon pitch-tunable gratings; polysilicon pitchtunable gratings; reflection grating; structural parameters; Add-drop multiplexers; Communication switching; Fiber gratings; Microelectromechanical devices; Micromechanical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical reflection; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical MEMS, 2000 IEEE/LEOS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kauai, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6257-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OMEMS.2000.879610

Filename

879610