Title :
Telecommunications applications of ferroelectric liquid-crystal smart pixels
Author :
Mears, Robert J. ; Crossland, William A. ; Dames, Mark P. ; Collington, James R. ; Parker, Michael C. ; Warr, Steve T. ; Wilkinson, Timothy D. ; Davey, Anthony B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
fDate :
4/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Ferroelectric liquid crystal over silicon smart pixels offers potential advantages over conventional electronic and waveguide approaches to telecommunications switching. The role of such smart-pixel architectures in space/wavelength optical interconnect and in high-performance ATM switches based on interconnection of optically accessed memory is discussed
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; asynchronous transfer mode; electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; ferroelectric liquid crystals; integrated optoelectronics; liquid crystal devices; optical interconnections; smart pixels; telecommunication switching; ATM switches; CMOS technology; ferroelectric liquid crystal over silicon; ferroelectric liquid-crystal smart pixels; optically accessed memory interconnection; opto-RAM technology; reconfigurable optical interconnect; smart-pixel architectures; space-switch architectures; space/wavelength optical interconnect; telecommunications applications; telecommunications switching; wavelength routing; Asynchronous transfer mode; Ferroelectric materials; Liquid crystals; Liquid waveguides; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Smart pixels; Telecommunication switching;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/2944.541873
