Design of Lithium Niobate Based Photonic Switching Systems

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 37-41

  Payne, W A ^a   Hinton, H S ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

PHOTONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0023347556     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.1987.1093611     Document Type: Article

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