CA1059600A - Adjustable optical switch or modulator - Google Patents

Adjustable optical switch or modulator

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CA1059600A
CA1059600A CA264,235A CA264235A CA1059600A CA 1059600 A CA1059600 A CA 1059600A CA 264235 A CA264235 A CA 264235A CA 1059600 A CA1059600 A CA 1059600A
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parallel portions
portions
electrodes
parallel
coupling
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French (fr)
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Herwig W. Kogelnik
Ronald V. Schmidt
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AT&T Corp
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Western Electric Co Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • G02F1/313—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure
    • G02F1/3132—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching in an optical waveguide structure of directional coupler type
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F2201/00—Constructional arrangements not provided for in groups G02F1/00 - G02F7/00
    • G02F2201/12—Constructional arrangements not provided for in groups G02F1/00 - G02F7/00 electrode
    • G02F2201/125—Constructional arrangements not provided for in groups G02F1/00 - G02F7/00 electrode delta-beta

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
CA264,235A 1975-12-17 1976-10-26 Adjustable optical switch or modulator Expired CA1059600A (en)

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US05/641,649 US4012113A (en) 1975-12-17 1975-12-17 Adjustable optical switch or modulator

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US (1) US4012113A (enExample)
JP (1) JPS589405B2 (enExample)
BE (1) BE849385A (enExample)
CA (1) CA1059600A (enExample)
DE (1) DE2656740C2 (enExample)
FR (1) FR2335864A1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1559187A (enExample)
IT (1) IT1065665B (enExample)
NL (1) NL190996C (enExample)

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GB1559187A (en) 1980-01-16
US4012113A (en) 1977-03-15
JPS5276049A (en) 1977-06-25
NL7613968A (nl) 1977-06-21
FR2335864B1 (enExample) 1982-04-23
DE2656740A1 (de) 1977-06-30
NL190996B (nl) 1994-07-01
IT1065665B (it) 1985-03-04
JPS589405B2 (ja) 1983-02-21
FR2335864A1 (fr) 1977-07-15
NL190996C (nl) 1994-12-01
DE2656740C2 (de) 1982-05-19
BE849385A (fr) 1977-04-01

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