Title :
Active 1×N splitter based on cascaded beam shifters at 1.5 μm
Author :
Pain, F. ; Coquillé, R. ; Vinouze, B. ; Wolffer, N. ; Gravey, P.
Author_Institution :
France Telecom, CNET, Lannion, France
Abstract :
Active splitting between up to several hundreds outputs is shown to be feasible using cascaded liquid crystal beam shifters. Performances of 1×4 and 1×16 devices are reported
Keywords :
liquid crystal devices; optical beam splitters; optical communication equipment; 1×16 devices; 1×4 devices; active 1×N splitter; cascaded beam shifters at 1.5 μm; cascaded liquid crystal beam shifters; Birefringence; Coatings; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Lenses; Liquid crystals; Loss measurement; Microoptics; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732547
