Monolithically integrated InP 1 × 16 optical switch with wavelength-insensitive operation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-145

  Soganci, Ibrahim Murat ^a   Tanemura, Takuo ^a   Williams, Kevin A ^b   Calabretta, Nicola ^b   De Vries, Tjibbe ^b   Smalbrugge, E ^b   Smit, Meint K ^b   Dorren, Harm J S ^b   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Integrated photonics; Optical packet switching (OPS); Optical switches; Phased arrays

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC SWITCHING; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; EXTINCTION RATIOS; INP; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; NONRETURN TO ZERO SIGNAL; ON CHIPS; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING (OPS); PHASED ARRAYS; POWER PENALTY; RESPONSE TIME; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRON TUBES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PACKET SWITCHING; SWITCHING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 75449098498     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2036859     Document Type: Article

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