A fiber connectorized MEMS variable optical attenuator

1 September 1998

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Vol. 10 (9) , 1262-1264
https://doi.org/10.1109/68.705610

Abstract

A voltage-controlled moving-mirror microelectro-mechanical systems variable optical attenuator is described that has less than 1-dB fiber-to-fiber insertion loss at 1550-nm wavelength and greater than 50-dB dynamic range. The device was configured with a simple feedback circuit to operate as an optical power regulator capable of stabilizing the output power to within 0.26 dB for a 12-dB input power excursion.

Keywords

MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES
OPTICAL ATTENUATORS
OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES
VOLTAGE
OPTICAL FIBER LOSSES
INSERTION LOSS
DYNAMIC RANGE
FEEDBACK CIRCUITS
OPTICAL DEVICES
OPTICAL FEEDBACK

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Optical fiber-coupled variable attenuator using a MARS modulator
Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng ,1997