Design and demonstration of polarization-insensitive Mach-Zehnder switch using a lattice-matched InGaAlAs/InAlAs MQW and deep-etched high-mesa waveguide structure

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1662-1669

  Yoshimoto, Naoto ^a,b,c,d,e   Shibata, Yasuo ^c,f,g   Oku, Satoshi ^c,g,h   Kondo, Susumu ^c,h,i,j   Noguchi, Yoshio ^c,g,k,l  

^a IEEE

^b OSA ^*

^c NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j Applied Physics Society of   (Japan)

^k TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l Musashino Electrical Communication Lab   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA); MACH-ZEHNDER SWITCH; MULTIMODE INTERFEROMETERS;

CROSSTALK; FIBER LASERS; INSERTION LOSSES; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0032595053     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.788573     Document Type: Article

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