Integrated polymeric all-optical switch

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2801-2804

  Parsanasab, Gholam Mohammad ^a   Sharbati, Mohammad Taghi ^b   Karimi Alavijeh, Hamid Reza ^a   Soltani, Soheil ^a   Gharavi, Alireza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Azo polymer; directional couplers; optical switch; polymer waveguides

Indexed keywords

ALL OPTICAL SWITCH; AZO POLYMERS; CIS-TRANS; COUPLING REGION; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; SWITCHING ACTION;

AZO DYES; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 80052577797     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2163381     Document Type: Article

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