High-extinction ratio and low-loss silica-based 8 × 8 strictly nonblocking thermooptic matrix switch

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1192-1199

  Goh, Takashi ^a,c   Himeno, Akira ^a,d   Okuno, Masayuki ^a,e   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a,d   Hattori, Kuninori ^b  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; MATRIX SWITCHES; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; SILICA BASED WAVEGUIDES; THERMOOPTIC EFFECT; WAVEGUIDE SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0032659139     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.774253     Document Type: Article

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