Electrooptic polymeric digital optical switches (DOSs) with adiabatic couplers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2568-2570

  Yuan, Wei ^a   Kim, Seongku ^a   Steier, William H ^b   Fetterman, Harold R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic coupler; Digital optic switch; Electrooptic (EO) polymer; Electrooptic (EO) switch

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ADIABATIC COUPLER; DIGITAL OPTIC SWITCH; ELECTROOPTIC (EO) POLYMER; ELECTROOPTIC (EO) SWITCH;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 29244472810     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.859397     Document Type: Article

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