Title :
Reflective type VOA using off-axis light attenuation scheme
Author :
Chen, Chihchung ; Lee, Chengkuo ; Lai, Yenjyh ; Chen, Wen-Chih ; Tsai, Ming Hung
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. Div., Asia Pacific Microsyst., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A new off-axis reflective light configuration is presented for variable optical attenuator (VOA) application. The more linear attenuation curve and the lower back reflection loss are achieved by the off-axis reflective type VOA.
Keywords :
attenuated total reflection; optical attenuators; optical losses; VOA; back reflection loss; linear attenuation curve; off-axis light attenuation scheme; reflective light configuration; variable optical attenuator; Actuators; Asia; Attenuation; Micromechanical devices; Micromirrors; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274773
