We review the field of femtosecond pulse sha**, in which Fourier synthesis methods are
used to generate nearly arbitrarily shaped ultrafast optical wave forms according to user …

Publisher Summary This chapter explores optical performance monitoring (OPM) and its
potential for enabling higher stability, reconfigurability, and flexibility in a self-managed …

Over the remarkably short interval of just a few years, optical microelectromechanical
systems (MEMS) have breached the gulf from laboratory curiosity to advanced development …

The multi-dimensional laser is a fascinating platform not only for the discovery and
understanding of new higher-dimensional coherent lightwaves but also for the frontier study …

The intensive investment in optical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in the last
decade has led to many successful components that satisfy the requirements of lightwave …

Reflecting changes in the field in the ten years since the publication of the first edition, The
Handbook of Photonics, Second Edition explores recent advances that have affected this …

This paper describes a single-mode optical fiber switch which routes individual signals into
and out of a wavelength multiplexed data stream without interrupting the remaining …

Today's optical networks function are in a fairly static fashion and are built to operate within
well-defined specifications. This scenario is quite challenging for next generation high …

Continuous growth in demand for optical network capacity and the sudden maturation of
WDM technologies have fueled the development of long-haul optical network systems that …

We report the design, fabrication, and successful demonstration of microelectromechanical
variable optical attenuator (VOA) using an electrostatic microtorsion mirror (0.6 mm in …