Architectures for Guided-Wave Optical Space Switching Systems

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 42-48

  Spanke, Ron A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES, OPTICAL;

BENES ARCHITECTURE; CLOS NETWORKS; MULTIPLE SUBSTRATE ARCHITECTURE; OPTICAL SWITCH ARCHITECTURES;

SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0023348806     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.1987.1093615     Document Type: Article

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