All-optical 2×2 switches with 20dB extinction ratios

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 2235-2236

  Leuthold, J ^a   Eckner, J ^a   Holtmann, Ch ^a   Hess, R ^a   Melchior, H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Optical communication; Optical switches

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE CONTROL;

BIAS CURRENTS; EXTINCTION RATIOS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0030283574     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19961497     Document Type: Article

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