Development on guided-wave switch arrays

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E82-C, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-304

  Nakajima, Hirochika ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber attachment; Integrated optics; LiNbO3; Matrix switch; Non strictly blocking; Optical cross connect; Optical packaging; Optical switch; Photonic switch; PLC; Polymer waveguide; Space switch; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; STABILITY; WAVEGUIDES;

BALANCED BRIDGE; DIGITAL SWITCH; DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; FIBER ATTACHMENT; MATRIX SWITCH; OPTICAL PACKAGING; POLYMER WAVEGUIDE; SWITCH ARRAY ARCHITECTURE;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0033349484     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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