1×2 all-optical switch using photochromic-doped waveguides

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 1641-1643

  Kang, Jae Wook ^a   Kim, Joon Sung ^a   Lee, Chang Mi ^a   Kim, Eunkyoung ^b   Kim, Jang Joo ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOCHROMISM; PLASTIC FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBILITY;

PHOTOCHROMIC DOPED WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0034648570     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20001140     Document Type: Article

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