Polarization-insensitive operation of lithium niobate mach-zehnder interferometer with silica plc-based polarization diversity circuit

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 773-775

  Suzuki, Kenya ^a   Moriwaki, Osamu ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a   Okuno, Masayuki ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Lithium niobate (LN) phase shifter; Optical switch; Polarization beam splitter; Silica based planar lightwave circuit (PLC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 68449103393     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.921109     Document Type: Article

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