Shaping the digital optical switch using evolution strategies and BPM

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1484-1486

  Moosburger, R ^b   Kostrzewa, C ^b   Fischbeck, G ^b   Petermann, K ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Design optimization; Digital optical switch; Evolution strategy

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (BPM); DIGITAL EXTINCTION RATIO; EVOLUTION STRATEGY;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0031274399     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.634716     Document Type: Article

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