Title :
All optical tunable nematic liquid crystal waveguide
Author :
Trotta, Marco ; Asquini, Rita ; D´Alessandro, Antonio ; Beccherelli, Romeo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Electron. & Telecommun., Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
All-optical control of a rectangular waveguide with liquid crystal is theoretically investigated. Light propagation is established with low input power control, that excites optical nonlinearity due to optically induced reorientational effect.
Keywords :
light propagation; liquid crystal devices; nematic liquid crystals; nonlinear optics; optical control; optical tuning; optical waveguides; power control; light propagation; nematic liquid crystal waveguide; optical control; optical nonlinearity; optical tuning; optically induced reorientational effect; power control; rectangular waveguide; Fiber optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2011 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-876-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2158-3234
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2011.6041120
