Optical Switch on a Chip: The Talbot Effect, Lüneburg Lenses & Metamaterials

The goal of the research reported in this thesis is to establish the feasibility of a novel optical architecture for an optical route & select circuit switch suitable for implementation as a photonic integrated circuit. The proposed architecture combines Optical Phased Array (OPA) switch element...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamdam, Nikkhah
Other Authors: Hall, Trevor J.
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/24391
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3159