Beam expansion in thermo-optic-effect-induced total internal reflection and its applications in optical switches

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 4846-4853

  Yu, Hui ^a   Jiang, Xiaoqing ^a   Yang, Jianyi ^a   Li, Xihua ^a   Zhou, Qiang ^a   Wang, Minghua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REFLECTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT-TRANSMISSION PRINCIPLES; THERMAL FIELDS; THERMO-OPTIC EFFECTS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION (TIR);

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 24344485682     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004846     Document Type: Article

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