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MULTI-PORT SOLUTION FOR EFFICIENT, LOW-COST OPTICAL SWITCHES

Berg, 2016

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Berg D
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Optical switches offer a promising solution for routing optical-fiber based signals which are popular within the telecommunications industry. The project presented here investigated the possibility of utilizing a large displacement electrostatic comb-drive actuator to permit a …
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