• DocumentCode
    2949359
  • Title

    A high-performance, liquid-crystal based optical tunable birefringent filter

  • Author

    Qin Zou

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. Electron. et Phys., Inst. Nat. des Telecommun., Evry, France
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    10-15 Sept. 2000
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We propose an optical tunable filter for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) applications. The filter consists of a classical fan Solc stack placed in a ring cavity, with the polarizer outside and the analyzer inside it. Each birefringent plate is formed with the nematic-phase liquid crystal and is associated with a compensation birefringent plate, which introduces a constant phase retardation between the two eigen axes.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; liquid crystal devices; optical filters; optical tuning; birefringent plate; fan Solc stack; nematic liquid crystal; optical tunable filter; polarizer; ring cavity; wavelength division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Birefringence; Dielectrics; Electronic mail; Mirrors; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical surface waves; Reflectivity; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nice
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6319-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909914
  • Filename
    909914