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Appl Opt. 2003 Jul 10;42(20):4152-5. doi: 10.1364/ao.42.004152.

Generalized grating equation for virtually-imaged phased-array spectral dispersers.

Applied optics

Albert Vega, Andrew M Weiner, Christopher Lin

Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, 465 Northwestern Avenue, Electrical Engineering Building, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-20365, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 12856727 DOI: 10.1364/ao.42.004152

Abstract

The virtually-imaged phased array (VIPA) is a side-entrance etalon with potential application as a high-resolution spectral disperser for wavelength division multiplexing. Here we present an approximate analytical spectral dispersion law for the VIPA, which we confirm experimentally.

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