Hybrid InGaAsP-InP mach-zehnder racetrack resonator for thermooptic switching and coupling control

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1651-1659

  Green, William M J ^a   Lee, Reginald K ^a   DeRose, Guy A ^a   Scherer, Axel ^a   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PHOTONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RESONATORS; SWITCHING;

ELECTRICAL CONTROL; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; RACETRACK RESONATORS; WAVEGUIDE RESONATORS;

INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 17444411166     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001651     Document Type: Article

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