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Duncan et al., 2002 - Google Patents

Dynamic optical filtering in DWDM systems using the DMD

Duncan et al., 2002

Document ID
6654877276466430700
Author
Duncan W
Bartlett T
Lee B
Powell D
Rancuret P
Sawyers B
Publication year
Publication venue
Solid-State Electronics

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We describe applications of the Texas Instruments digital micromirror device (DMD) as a high efficiency spatial light modulator for dynamic optical filtering and switching in dense wavelength division multiplexed optical networks operating around 1550 nm. Whereas the …
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