• DocumentCode
    1793471
  • Title

    Variable optical power splitter with field-induced waveguides in liquid crystals in paranematic phase

  • Author

    Costache, F. ; Hartwig, H. ; Bornhorst, K. ; Blasl, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Inst. for Photonic Microsyst., Dresden, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A novel 1×2 variable optical power splitter based on field-induced waveguides in paranematic phase liquid crystals is reported. Continuously, voltage adjustable splitting with sub-microsecond response time is demonstrated on a device fabricated on silicon backplane.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; nematic liquid crystals; optical beam splitters; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; field-induced waveguides; liquid crystals; paranematic phase; silicon backplane; submicrosecond response time; variable optical power splitter; voltage adjustable splitting; Electrodes; Electrooptical waveguides; Liquid crystals; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber networks; Optical polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1A.7
  • Filename
    6886642
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1793471