• DocumentCode
    3795878
  • Title

    Fluctuational crosstalk in Ti:LiNbO/sub 3/ directional coupler switches

  • Author

    J. Teichmann

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. de Phys., Montreal Univ., Que., Canada
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1994
  • Firstpage
    713
  • Lastpage
    716
  • Abstract
    It has been found that the fluctuations in the Ti concentration along waveguides of Ti:LiNbO/sub 3/ directional coupler switches degrade the switch extinction ratio and introduce an unwanted crosstalk between both channels. We discuss analytically the effect of effective optical index fluctuations on the transfer matrix of the optical switch. We demonstrate the sensitivity of the mismatch to the statistics of the fluctuations of the Ti concentration.
  • Keywords
    "Fluctuations","Optical switches","Optical waveguides","Directional couplers","Degradation","Extinction ratio","Optical crosstalk","Optical sensors","Transmission line matrix methods","Statistics"
  • Journal_Title
    IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.286159
  • Filename
    286159
    • Link To Document
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