• DocumentCode
    1067516
  • Title

    Switched directional couplers with alternating ΔΒ

  • Author

    Kogelnik, Herwig ; Schmidt, Ronald V.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1976
  • fDate
    7/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    396
  • Lastpage
    401
  • Abstract
    Coupled waveguide structures with sections of alternating phase mismatch are proposed as switched directional coupler configurations in which complete conversion of light from one guide to the other can be achieved by an electrical adjustment. These structures can be used to make electrooptic switches and amplitude modulators in integrated optics form with improved conversion and on-off ratios. Couplers with 2, 3, 4, and N sections of alternating phase mismatch are analyzed, and diagrams describing their switching characteristics are given.
  • Keywords
    Directional couplers; Electrodes; Gallium arsenide; Integrated optics; Optical coupling; Optical crosstalk; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Strips; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1976.1069190
  • Filename
    1069190
    • Link To Document
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