Low optical interchannel crosstalk, fast switching speed, polarisation independent 2 × 2 fibre optic switch using ferroelectric liquid crystals

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1341-1342

  Riza, N A ^a   Yuan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CROSSTALK; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL ROTATION;

CROSSTALK REJECTION FILTERS; MUTLIWAVELENGTH ADD DROP ROUTING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0032090469     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19980920     Document Type: Article

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