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24 October 2005 Wavelength routing with MEMS switch and a single AWG
J. W. Provine, Daniel T. McCormick, David A. Horsley, Norman C. Tien
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Abstract
We report on an Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer designed from a single Arrayed Waveguide Grating and a MEMS optical switch. Three different MEMS switches were tested, the most promising being a potentially integrable binary actuator array.
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J. W. Provine, Daniel T. McCormick, David A. Horsley, and Norman C. Tien "Wavelength routing with MEMS switch and a single AWG", Proc. SPIE 6014, Active and Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications V, 60140W (24 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.630571
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KEYWORDS
Mirrors

Waveguides

Actuators

Microelectromechanical systems

Switches

Binary data

Networks

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