• DocumentCode
    945712
  • Title

    A MEMS-based VOA with very low PDL

  • Author

    Bashir, Aymen ; Katila, Pekka ; Ogier, Nicolas ; Saadany, Bassam ; Khalil, Diaa A.

  • Author_Institution
    MEMSCAP, Cairo, Egypt
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1047
  • Lastpage
    1049
  • Abstract
    In this letter, we study the optical performance of a microelectromechanical system reflection-type variable optical attenuator (VOA). Experimental results of packaged VOA devices show that the proposed architecture exhibits very low polarization dependence within the entire attenuation range (polarization-dependent loss (PDL)<0.1 dB at 30-dB attenuation level).
  • Keywords
    micromechanical devices; micromirrors; optical attenuators; optical losses; optical testing; MEMS-based VOA; PDL; fiber-optic component; microelectromechanical system; optical performance; polarization dependent loss; reflection-type variable optical attenuator; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Page description languages; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.824647
  • Filename
    1281866
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=945712