Switching power reduction using a pumped nonlinear directional coupler

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1328-1330

  Davis, M K ^a   Digonnet, M J F ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPLEXING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; SWITCHING; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

CROSS PHASE MODULATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; NONLINEAR DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; SIGNAL ROUTING; SWITCHING POWER REDUCTION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0030269713     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.536644     Document Type: Article

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