Silica-based waveguide-type 16 × 16 optical switch module incorporating driving circuits

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1300-1302

  Shibata, T ^a   Goh, T ^a   Watanabe, T ^a   Yasu, M ^a   Itoh, M ^a   Ishii, M ^a   Hibino, Y ^a   Sugita, A ^a   Himeno, A ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical switches; Planar lightwave circuits (PLCs); Silica based waveguides; Thermooptic switches

Indexed keywords

INSERTION LOSSES; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LOGIC CIRCUITS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICA; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

DRIVING CIRCUITS; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS; SILICA-BASED THERMOOPTIC SWITCH CHIP; SILICA-BASED WAVEGUIDE;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0141451869     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.816115     Document Type: Article

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