Multimode interference photonic switches (MIPS)

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 675-681

  Nagai, Shuichi ^b   Morishima, Goh ^b,c   Inayoshi, Hirokazu ^b   Utaka, Katsuyuki ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; InGaAsP; Multimode interference (MMI); Photonic switch; Semiconductor waveguide device; Wide angle finite difference beam propagation method (FD BPM)

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RATIO; FINITE DIFFERENCE BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE PHOTONIC SWITCHES;

CROSSTALK; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0036543319     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.996588     Document Type: Article

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