Abstract
Reduction of the switch voltage on low loss Ti:LiNbO3-based digital optical switches with low crosstalk is presented. For any applied switch voltage higher than 9 volts, crosstalk suppression better than 45 dB is reached using a shaped y-junction design and a dilated switch arrangement.
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