DocumentCode
840693
Title
Polarisation-independent optical switch with cascaded optical switch matrices
Author
Okayama, Hideaki ; Matoba, Akihisa ; Shibuya, Ryota ; Ishida, Tomoyuki
Author_Institution
Res. Lab., Oki Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Tokyo
Volume
24
Issue
15
fYear
1988
fDate
7/21/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
959
Lastpage
961
Abstract
The authors propose a new approach to achieve polarisation-independence and demonstrate the operation of a 2×2 switch. This method uses optical switch matrices cascaded in tandem configurations. With this approach, switching voltage is determined only by the strongest electro-optic effect
Keywords
electro-optical devices; integrated optics; optical waveguide components; switches; cascaded optical switch matrices; electro-optic effect; integrated optics; optical switch; optical waveguides; polarisation-independence; tandem configurations;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
Filename
191662
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