Recent advances in large-scale silica-based thermo-optic switches

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4582, Issue , 2001, Pages 49-56

  Goh, Takashi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Optical add drop multiplexers; Optical cross connects; Optical switches; Planar lightwave circuits; Silica based waveguides; Thermo optic effects

Indexed keywords

INSERTION LOSSES; INTERFEROMETERS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFTERS; POLARIZATION; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

FLAME HYDROLYSIS DEPOSITION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXERS; OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECTS; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS; POLARIZATION LOSS; SWITCH EXTINCTION RATIO; THERMO-OPTIC SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0035777681     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.445076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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