Improvement of switching time in a thermocapillarity optical switch

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1023-1027

  Sakata, T ^a   Togo, H ^a   Makihara, M ^a   Shimokawa, F ^a   Kaneko, K ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical switch; Thermocapillarity; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VISCOSITY;

THERMOCAPILLARITY OPTICAL SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0035392853     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.933298     Document Type: Article

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