Title :
Switching characteristics in Si waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches with ferroelectric liquid crystal
Author :
Nakatsuhara, K. ; Tadokoro, K. ; Ban, Y. ; Nonaka, T. ; Kato, A. ; Nakagami, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated switching operations and evaluated the phase shift using the fabricated Si waveguide Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches. The obtained phase change coefficient in the Si-waveguide with the ferro-electric liquid crystal cladding was 2.1π rad/mm.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; ferroelectric liquid crystals; optical switches; optical waveguides; silicon; Mach-Zehnder interferometer switch; Si; ferro electric liquid crystal cladding; ferroelectric liquid crystal; optical waveguide; phase change coefficient; phase shift; switching characteristics; switching operations; Liquid crystals; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276470
