Broadband hitless bypass switch for integrated photonic circuits

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1137-1139

  Haus, Hermann A ^a   Popović, Miloš A ^a   Watts, Michael R ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Add drop filters; Hitless switching; Resonators

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ADD-DROP FILTERS; BYPASS SWITCH; HITLESS SWITCHING; INTEGRATED PHOTONIC CIRCUITS; MICROPHOTONIC HITLESS SWITCH;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 33646234224     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.873929     Document Type: Article

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