Abstract
The effect of mirror curvature was studied for its influences on the operation of the wavelength-selective switches. Expressions for the curvature-induced losses and path length differences were developed. It was found that curvature gives rise to a fixed dispersion, which matches the experimental observations. Furthermore, it was shown that mirror curvature is responsible for passband tilt in the attenuated state with SDD tilt mirrors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 305-306 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS |
| Volume | 1 |
| State | Published - 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2003 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings - TUCSON, AZ, United States Duration: 26 Oct 2003 → 30 Oct 2003 |