Nanosecond thermal fiber switch using a Sagnac interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1256-1258

  Davis, M K ^a   Digonnet, M J F ^b  

^a Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; PHASE SHIFT; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

NANOSECOND THERMAL FIBER SWITCHES; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETERS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0033204756     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.789709     Document Type: Article

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