Title :
All optical bistability device based on metal/liquid crystal/metal structure
Author :
Kajikawa, Kotaro
Author_Institution :
Interdiscipl. Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
An all-optical bistable resonator device composed of a 430 nm-thick liquid crystal (LC) layer embedded in two thin metallic films (MLM) is reported. It shows bistable response with a fast switching time measured to be 5 ms, which is much faster than the other all-optical LC devices. Since the MLM device operates free from electronic circuits, it is promising for two-dimensional optical data processing, random access optical memories or spatial light modulators.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; liquid crystal devices; metallic thin films; optical bistability; optical resonators; optical switches; all-optical bistable resonator device; fast switching time; liquid crystal layer; metal/liquid crystal/metal structure; optical bistability device; random access optical memories; size 430 nm; spatial light modulators; thin metallic films; two-dimensional optical data processing; Integrated optics; Lighting; Optical bistability; Optical variables measurement; Plasmons; Surface morphology; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics (ICP), 2014 IEEE 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
DOI :
10.1109/ICP.2014.7002333
