Virginia TechHuang, Z. Y.Zhu, Y. Z.Wang, Anbo2014-04-042014-04-042005-12-01Zhengyu Huang, Yizheng Zhu, and Anbo Wang, "Principles and design of multibeam interference devices: a microelectromechanical-systems segment-deformable-mirror-based adaptive spectrum attenuator," Appl. Opt. 44, 4454-4460 (2005). doi: 10.1364/ao.44.0044541559-128Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46955Fourier analysis of multibeam interference shows that the total electric field and relative time delay of the beams form a Fourier-transform pair. Fourier-analysis-based multibeam interference analysis and device design is discussed in detail. The principle of the proposed segment-deformable-mirror-based adaptive spectrum attenuator is illustrated. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America.application/pdfenIn CopyrightAcoustooptic tunable filtersEqualizationWDMAmplifiersArticle - Refereedhttp://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-44-21-4454https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.44.004454