Low-power compact 2 × 2 thermooptic silica-on-silicon waveguide switch with fast response

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 681-683

  Lai, Q ^b   Hunziker, W ^a,b   Melchior, H ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical switches; Silica on silicon waveguides; Waveguide components

Indexed keywords

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER (MZI) SWITCHES; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE (MMI) COUPLERS; SILICON-ON-SILICON WAVEGUIDES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE SHIFT; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0032075473     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.669248     Document Type: Article

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