Waveguide Electrooptic Modulators

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1982, Pages 1121-1137

  Alferness, Rod C ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVEGUIDE ELECTROOPTIC MODULATORS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; WAVEGUIDES;

MODULATORS;

EID: 0020173547     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1982.1131213     Document Type: Article

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