• DocumentCode
    1779084
  • Title

    Polarization independent optofluidic nematic liquid crystal channels

  • Author

    Asquini, Rita ; Martini, Luca ; Gilardi, Giovanni ; Beccherelli, Romeo ; d´Alessandro, Antonio

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Eng., Electron. & Telecommun., Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    36
  • Lastpage
    37
  • Abstract
    We present the fabrication and the characterization of waveguides made of a nematic liquid crystal infiltrated in PDMS channels. The molecular orientation inside the waveguides allows only 0.3 dB variation of light transmission versus polarization.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; nematic liquid crystals; optical communication; optical waveguides; polymers; PDMS channels; light polarization; light transmission; molecular orientation; optofluidic nematic liquid crystal channels; polarization independent nematic liquid crystal channels; Liquid crystals; Liquid waveguides; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995197
  • Filename
    6995197
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1779084