Optical switching characteristics in Si-waveguide asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer having ferro-electric liquid crystal cladding

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 635-636

  Hoshi, R ^a   Nakatsuhara, K ^a   Nakagami, T ^a  

^a KANAGAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SILICON; WAVEGUIDES;

FERRO-ELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL SWITCHING DEVICE;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33744541405     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20060924     Document Type: Article

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