Compact, low-loss 4×4 optical switch matrix using multimode interferometers

Electronics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-116

  Earnshaw, M P ^a   Soole, J B D ^a   Cappuzzo, M ^a   Gomez, L ^a   Laskowski, E ^a   Paunescu, A ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICA;

SWITCH LOSSES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0035135463     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20010068     Document Type: Article

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