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A Digital Electrooptic Switch

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Photonic Switching

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Electronics and Photonics ((SSEP,volume 25))

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We propose and analyze a new 2X2 electrooptic switch structure that exhibits a step-like response to the switching voltage. This response eliminates the need for precise voltage control for switching, and it therefore enables the operation of many such elements by a single voltage source, as required for switching arrays. Moreover, because this characteristic applies to both polarizations in a lithium niobate device, it can be made polarization independent, and it should be insensitive to the wavelength of light.

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  1. Bell Communications Research, 331 Newman Springs Rd., Red Bank, NJ, 07701, USA

    Y. Silberberg & P. Perlmutter

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  1. Y. Silberberg
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  1. Dept. EECS, University of California, 183 M. Cory Hall, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

    T. Kenneth Gustafson

  2. Bell Communication Research, 331 Newman Spring Rd., 07701-7020, Red Bank, NJ, USA

    Peter W. Smith

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Silberberg, Y., Perlmutter, P. (1996). A Digital Electrooptic Switch. In: Gustafson, T.K., Smith, P.W. (eds) Photonic Switching. Springer Series in Electronics and Photonics, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73388-8_19

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