Fast 2 × 2 Mach—Zehnder Optical Space Switches Using InGaAsP—InP Multiquantum-Well Structures

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 644-645

  Agrawal, N ^a   Weinert, C M ^a   Ehrke, H J ^a   Mekonnen, G G ^a   Franke, D ^a   Borrtholdt, C ^a   Langenhorst, R ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; INTERFEROMETERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SWITCHING;

INDIUM-GALLIUM-ARSENIC PHOSPHIDES; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MACH-ZEHNDER OPTICAL SPACE SWITCHES; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE; QUANTUM CONFINED STARK EFFECT;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0029323828     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.388751     Document Type: Article

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