Mach-Zehnder type tandem optical switch/modulator using a single-mode interconnecting waveguide and its switching characteristics

Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-291

  Choi, Young Kyu ^a  

^a Silla University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BPM; Optical switch modulator; Waveguide design

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

COUPLED MODE THEORY; INTERCONNECTING WAVEGUIDES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PROPAGATING CHARACTERISTICS; STEP-INDEX WAVEGUIDES; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS; WAVEGUIDE DESIGN;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 67650446290     PISSN: 19750102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5370/JEET.2009.4.2.287     Document Type: Article

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