A Novel, Tapered, Both in Dimension and in Index, Velocity Coupler Switch

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 557-560

  Ramaswamy, R V ^a   Kim, Hyoun Soo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DEVICES;

DIGITAL OPTICAL SWITCH; VELOCITY COUPLER SWITCH; VOLTAGE LENGTH PRODUCT;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0027591123     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.215280     Document Type: Article

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