DocumentCode
1281109
Title
Optical multichannel switch composed of liquid-crystal light-modulator arrays and birefringent crystals
Author
Noguchi, K.
Author_Institution
NTT Optical Network Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Volume
33
Issue
19
fYear
1997
fDate
9/11/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1627
Lastpage
1629
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19971088
Filename
629599
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