Advance in thermo-optical switches: Principles, materials, design, and device structure

Optical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Coppola, Giuseppe ^a   Sirleto, Luigi ^a   Rendina, Ivo ^a   Iodice, Mario ^a  

^a CNR IMM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrated optics devices; Optoelectronics; Switching; Thermo optical materials

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; DEVICE STRUCTURES; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FUTURE NETWORKS; INTEGRATED OPTICS DEVICES; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; THERMO-OPTIC COEFFICIENTS; THERMO-OPTIC SWITCH; THERMO-OPTICAL MATERIALS; THERMOOPTIC EFFECTS; THERMOOPTICAL SWITCH;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 80455176702     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3574378     Document Type: Article

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