High-input-power saturation properties of a polarization-insensitive semiconductor Mach-Zehnder interferometer gate switch for WDM applications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 531-533

  Yoshimoto, Naoto ^a   Shibata, Yasuo ^a   Oku, Satoshi ^a   Kondo, Susumu ^a   Noguchi, Yoshio ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

HIGH INPUT POWER SATURATION PROPERTIES; OPTICAL GATES; POLARIZATION INSENSITIVE MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS (MZI) SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 3643059369     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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