Title :
Tunable wavelength selective operation in grating silicon waveguide having ferroelectric liquid crystal cladding
Author :
Kato, Akifumi ; Nakatsuhara, Katsumi ; Nakagami, Takakiyo
Author_Institution :
Dept. to Electr. & Electron. Eng., Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We proposed and fabricated a wavelength selective switch with grating Si-waveguide having ferroelectric liquid crystal cladding. We demonstrated the tunable wavelength selective operation and obtained about 20dB of extinction ratio at 1530.5nm-wavelength.
Keywords :
claddings; diffraction gratings; ferroelectric liquid crystals; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical tuning; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; extinction ratio; ferroelectric liquid crystal cladding; grating silicon waveguide; wavelength selective switch; wavelength tuning; Bragg gratings; Gratings; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor device measurement; Silicon; Wavelength measurement; grating; liquid crystal; semiconductor waveguide; wavelength selective switch;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110435
