Surface-normal 4×4 nonblocking wavelength-selective optical crossbar interconnect using polymer-based volume holograms and substrate-guided waves

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1581-1583

  Zhou, Charles C ^b   Sutton, Sean ^b   Chen, Ray T ^a,b   Davies, Brian M ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c RADIANT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Graded index lens; Holographic gratings; Optical interconnection; Optical switches

Indexed keywords

CROSSBAR EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; HOLOGRAMS; LENSES; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL CROSSBAR INTERCONNECTS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032208809     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.726756     Document Type: Article

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