Thermo-optic switches using sol-gel processed hybrid materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5451, Issue , 2004, Pages 518-528

  Kribich, Kada R ^a   Barry, Henry ^a   Copperwhite, Robert ^a   Kolodziejczyk, Boleslaw ^a   O'Dwyer, Kieran ^a   Sabattié, Jean Marc ^a   MacCraith, Brian D ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hybrid material; Multimode interference (MMI); Sol gel; Switch; Thermo optic

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL GLASS; SOL-GELS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

HYBRID MATERIALS; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI); MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS (MMIC); THERMO-OPTIC SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 12344285055     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.546103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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