Planar microoptomechanical waveguide switches

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 64-72

  Bakke, Thor ^a,b,c   Tigges, Chris P ^b   Lean, Jennifer Johnson ^b   Sullivan, Charles T ^a,b   Spahn, Olga Blum ^b  

^a IEEE   (Norway)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

MOEMS; Optical switch; Polymeric waveguides

Indexed keywords

MICROOPTOMECHANICAL (MOEM) SWITCHES;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; CROSSTALK; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0036244361     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.991400     Document Type: Article

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