All-optical switching in waveguide x junctions

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 803-809

  Fouckhardt, Henning ^a,b   Silberberg, Yaron ^a  

^a Technnical University Braunschweig ^*  (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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EID: 84975649457     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.7.000803     Document Type: Article

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