DocumentCode
3179139
Title
Programmable wavelength dependent nematic liquid crystal attenuator, working in the C band
Author
Meyer, Serge
Author_Institution
Dept. Electron. et Phys., Inst. Nat. des Telecommun., Evry, France
fYear
2003
fDate
22-27 June 2003
Firstpage
543
Abstract
The paper describes about a device, which is a Solc-like type structure using 40 similar nematic liquid crystal (Nm-LC) plates. The tunability of the reflector in the C band is achieved by the variation of the birefringence on Nm-LC plates. From the transmittivity tailoring of the attenuator, it is noted that slight loss in the 40×1 μm LC layers has very little effect on the transmittance.
Keywords
birefringence; infrared spectra; light reflection; light transmission; liquid crystal devices; nematic liquid crystals; optical attenuators; programmable circuits; 1 micron; C band; birefringence; programmable nematic liquid crystal attenuator; reflector tunability; transmittivity tailoring; Attenuation; Attenuators; Birefringence; Delay; Glass; Liquid crystal devices; Liquid crystals; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical reflection;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7734-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1313605
Filename
1313605
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