On the improvement of the performance of the optically controlled microwave switch

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1358-1361

  Khalil, D A M ^a   Safwat, A M E ^b  

^a The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gap; Optically controlled; Rib structure

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; SUBSTRATES;

OPTICALLY CONTROLLED MICROWAVE SWITCHES; RIB STRUCTURE;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0031207114     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.618436     Document Type: Article

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