Compact, low-crosstalk, and low-propagation-loss quantum-well Y-branch switches

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1644-1646

  Sneh, Anat ^b   Zucker, J E ^a,b   Miller, B I ^b  

^a IEEE

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

REVERSE BIAS ELECTROREFRACTIVE SWITCHING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0030412445     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.544705     Document Type: Article

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