Title :
A 1 × 8 optical switch of Mach-Zehnder interferometers using Si-waveguides with ferroelectric liquid crystal cladding
Author :
Sawa, Takahiro ; Nakatsuhara, Katsumi ; Nakagami, Takakiyo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricated a 1 times 8 optical switch using tunable phase shifters in Si-waveguides with ferroelectric liquid crystal cladding. The tunable phase shifters were 340 mum long. A switching operation was demonstrated at a 1550-nm wavelength.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; claddings; ferroelectric liquid crystals; optical switches; optical waveguides; phase shifters; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Si; ferroelectric liquid crystal cladding; optical switch; silicon waveguides; tunable phase shifters; wavelength 1550 nm; Ferroelectric materials; Liquid crystals; Optical bistability; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
