Coupled in-plane and vertical-cavity laser 1 × N routing switches

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1537-1539

  Shire, D B ^a,b   Tang, C L ^a,b   Hong, M ^a,c   Wynn, J D ^c  

^a IEEE

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CROSSTALK; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DEMULTIPLEXING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0030286165     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.541575     Document Type: Article

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