Reliability assurance of polymer-based solid-state optical switches

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3278, Issue , 1998, Pages 58-62

  Flipse, M C ^a   De Dobbelaere, P ^a   Thackara, John ^a   Freeman, J ^a   Hendriksen, B ^a   Ticknor, A ^a   Lipscomb, G F ^a  

^a AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Optical switch; Polymer waveguide; Reliability; Stability; Thermo optic switch

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL TESTING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; RELIABILITY; SOLID STATE DEVICE STRUCTURES;

THERMO-OPTIC SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0032225956     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.298222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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