True time delay integrated optical RF phase shifters in lithium niobate

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 1950-1951

  Voges, E ^a   Kuckelhaus K ^a   Hosselbarth B ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Lithium niobate; Phase shifters

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MEASUREMENT; PHASE SHIFTERS;

INSERTION LOSSES; LITHIUM NIOBATE;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0031556567     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19971208     Document Type: Article

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