Asymmetric X-junction thermooptic switches based on fluorinated polymer waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 813-815

  Oh, Min Cheol ^a,b   Lee, Hyung Jong ^b   Lee, Myung Hyun ^b   Ahn, Joo Heon ^a,b   Han, Seon Gyu ^b  

^a IEEE   (South Korea)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Optical switches; Plastic devices; Polymer waveguides; Thermooptic devices

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CROSSLINKABLE FLUORINATED POLYARYLENE ETHERS; FLUORINATED POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; MACH-ZENDER INTERFEROMETERS; PERFLUOROCYCLOBUTANE; THERMOOPTIC WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0032095272     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.681493     Document Type: Article

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