Design and characteristics of large displacement optical fiber switch

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-249

  Bhuiyan, Moinul Islam ^a   Haga, Yoichi ^a   Esashi, Masayoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indoor LAN; Magnetic latch; Optical switch; Plastic optical fiber; Shape memory alloy

Indexed keywords

INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

INDOOR LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MAGNETIC LATCH; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 13444251483     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.839681     Document Type: Article

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