Polymer waveguide optical switch with <-40dB polarisation independent crosstalk

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 655-657

  Keil, N ^a   Yao, H H ^a   Zawadzki, C ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Optical polymers; Optical switches; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; FABRICATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS;

ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION; THERMOOPTIC SWITCH;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0030105662     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960412     Document Type: Article

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