Optical Waveguide Modulators

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1975, Pages 57-70

  Kaminow, Ivan P ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVEGUIDES, OPTICAL;

INTEGRATED OPTIC DEVICES;

LIGHT;

EID: 0016433598     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1975.1128505     Document Type: Article

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