Electronically variable optical attenuator enabled by self-sensing in vanadium dioxide

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1011-1014

  Dávila, Noraica ^a   Merced, Emmanuelle ^a   Sepúlveda, Nelson ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

hysteresis reduction; phase change material; self sensing feedback; Vanadium dioxide; variable optical attenuator

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; VANADIUM;

ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRONIC VARIABLES; HYSTERESIS REDUCTION; SELF-SENSING; VANADIUM DIOXIDE; VANADIUM DIOXIDE THIN FILMS; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 84899847987     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2014.2312294     Document Type: Article

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