Thermo-optic waveguide digital optical switch using symmetrically coupled gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5463-5471

  Sun, De Gui ^a,b   Liu, Zhiying ^b   Zha, Ying ^a   Deng, Wenyuan ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Li, Xiaoqi ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EXTINCTION RATIO; LOW-LOSS POLYMERS; OUTPUT PORTS; UNDIRECTIONAL COUPLING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 22744446305     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005463     Document Type: Article

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