A MEMS based variable optical attenuator

R. Z. Cao; K. S. Low; A. Q. Liu; C. Hong

doi:10.1109/IECON.2004.1431882

A MEMS based variable optical attenuator

R. Z. Cao, K. S. Low, A. Q. Liu, C. Hong

Research output: Unpublished conference presentation (presented paper, abstract, poster) › Conference presentation (not published in journal/proceeding/book) › Academic research › peer-review

Abstract

In this paper, a microelectromechanical variable optical attenuator (VOA) is described. The device is used to control the power in the all optical networks. Besides the advantage of low coupling loss, and the elimination of signal regeneration optoelectronics, it is compact, low cost and has good switching performance. In our laboratory, a shutter type VOA has been fabricated and setup for investigation. In this paper, the modeling and close loop control of the device are presented. Simulation and experimental results have shown that the proposed approaches improve the VOA performance.

Original language	English
Pages	1945-1950
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2004.1431882
Publication status	Published - Nov 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	IECON 2004 - 30th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society - Busan, Korea, Republic of Duration: 2 Nov 2004 → 6 Nov 2004

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Conference	IECON 2004 - 30th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Busan
Period	2/11/04 → 6/11/04

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Control and Systems Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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2004. 1945-1950 Paper presented at IECON 2004 - 30th Annual Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Busan, Korea, Republic of.

Research output: Unpublished conference presentation (presented paper, abstract, poster) › Conference presentation (not published in journal/proceeding/book) › Academic research › peer-review

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