A high speed 2×2 electro-optic switch using a polarization modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 16500-16505

  Wang, Qing ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

LIGHTWAVES; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION DIRECTIONS; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER (PBS); POLARIZATION MODULATOR (POIM);

MODULATORS;

EID: 37149004553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.016500     Document Type: Article

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