All fiber 2 × 2 polarization insensitive switch

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 455-457

  Culverhouse, D O ^a,b   Laming, R I ^a,b   Farwell, S G ^a,b   Birks, T A ^a,b,c   Zervas, M N ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic devices; Acoustic frequency conversion; Acoustooptic couplers; Rerouting switch

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC LOSSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ACOUSTIC FREQUENCY CONVERSION; ACOUSTOOPTIC COUPLERS; REROUTING SWITCH;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0031121189     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.559386     Document Type: Article

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