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An Integrated 1x3 InP Photonic Switch

May-Arrioja et al., 2006

Document ID
4218839432948428400
Author
May-Arrioja D
LiKamWa P
Publication year
Publication venue
LEOS 2006-19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society

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An integrated 1times3 optical switch that operates using the principle of carrier-induced refractive index change in InGaAsP multiple quantum wells is demonstrated. The device is very simple, only requiring currents to be applied to two electrodes for complete operational …
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