Analysis of a nonlinear mach-zhender interferometer

2008 2nd National Workshop on Advanced Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, AOMD 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 47-55

  Srivastava, Arpita ^a   Paltani, Punya Prasanna ^a   Medhekar, S ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING; MACH-ZHENDER INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT; NONLINEAR MATERIALS; OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 70349443060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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