Fast switching bistable ferroelectric liquid crystal switches as a new optical elements for photonics applications

Author

Pozhidaev, E.P. ; Chigrinov, V.G. ; Du, T.

Author_Institution

P.N. Lebedev Phys. Inst., Russian Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

fYear

2009

fDate

13-17 July 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Fast bistable optical switches of the light polarization based of ferroelectric liquid crystal cells are proposed. The switches are characterized by 100mus switching time and 26 db crosstalk at the wavelength of 632.8 nm and bistable, i.e. required zero power consumption in the switch state.

Keywords

ferroelectric liquid crystals; light polarisation; liquid crystal devices; optical bistability; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical switches; crosstalk; fast switching bistable ferroelectric liquid crystal switches; ferroelectric liquid crystal cells; fiber optical communication system; light polarization; optical elements; photonics applications; switch state; time 100 mus; wavelength 632.8 nm; zero power consumption; Energy consumption; Ferroelectric materials; Liquid crystals; Optical bistability; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical switches; Photonic crystals; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4102-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4103-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OECC.2009.5218309

Filename

5218309