Title : 
Characterization and Development of Micromachined Variable Optical Attenuator
         
        
            Author : 
Dai, Xuhan ; Zhao, Xiaolin ; Cai, Bingchu ; Li, Wenjun
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Shanghai Jiaotong Univrersity, Information Storage Research Center, Shanghai, 200030, China, Email: xhdai@mail.sjtu.edu.cn
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
For power equalization in all optical network, an array-jointable, MEMS variable optical attenuator(VOA) has been characterized, fabricated and tested. The VOA has less than 3dB insertion loss, >30dB dynamic range, Less than 3V driving voltage.
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Copenhagen
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
87-90974-63-8