Title :
Optical multichannel switch composed of liquid-crystal light-modulator arrays and birefringent crystals
Author_Institution :
NTT Optical Network Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
9/11/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A transparent optical multichannel switch composed of a liquid-crystal light modulator array and polarisation beam router using birefringent crystals is reported. Highly improved loss and crosstalk properties are confirmed
Keywords :
birefringence; electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; light polarisation; liquid crystal devices; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical losses; spatial light modulators; SLM; birefringent crystals; crosstalk properties; liquid-crystal light-modulator arrays; loss properties; optical multichannel switch; polarisation beam router;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971088
