Multimode achromatic electro-optic waveguide switch for fiber-optic communications
- 15 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 28 (12) , 716-718
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88626
Abstract
A three‐port multimode electro‐optic switch has been fabricated in a thin c‐cut plate of LiNbO3 using opposed stripe‐and‐plane electrodes to create field‐induced channel waveguides. Fringing electric fields provided multimode optical coupling between channels. Using butt coupling to connect the device into a multimode fiber link, voltage‐controlled switching of laser and white‐light radiation have been demonstrated.Keywords
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