Spiro-oxazine photochromic fiber optical switch

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Huang, Yanyi ^a   Liang, Wei ^a   Poon, Joyce K S ^a   Xu, Yong ^a   Lee, Reginald K ^a   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; SPIRO-OXAZINE SOLUTION; SWITCHING SPEED;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; RESONANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 33646532935     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2200148     Document Type: Article

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