Title :
FLC based matrix optical switch
Author :
Panarin, Yuri ; Sreenilayam, Sithara
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron.&Commun. Eng., Dublin Inst. of Technol., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
A prototype of fast non-blocking 4 times 4 optical LC switch was designed and built. This switch is based on fast Ferroelectric LCs. The optical performance of the switch, such as cross-talk and insertion loss, was simulated and experimentally studied.
Keywords :
ferroelectric devices; ferroelectric liquid crystals; liquid crystal devices; optical crosstalk; optical losses; optical switches; crosstalk; fast ferroelectric LC; fast ferroelectric liquid crystal; fast nonblocking 4 times 4 optical LC switch; insertion loss; nematic liquid crystals; Communication switching; Ferroelectric materials; Liquid crystals; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Prototypes; Structural beams; Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal; optical switching;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307817
