Electrooptic planar deflector switches with thin-film PLZT active elements

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 422-430

  Glebov, Alexei L ^a   Lee, Michael G ^a   Huang, Lidu ^a   Aoki, Shigenori ^a   Yokouchi, Kishio ^a   Ishii, Masatoshi ^b,c   Kato, Masayuki ^b,c  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^c Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric films; Optical planar waveguides; Optical switches; Optoelectronic integrated circuits; Photonic devices

Indexed keywords

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MICROLENSES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICA;

DIGITAL OPTICAL SWITCHES (DOS); OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PLANAR DEFLECTOR SWITCHES (PDS);

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 18844368058     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.846515     Document Type: Article

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