Title :
Self-holding Optical Shutter with Smectic Liquid Crystal Cell
Author :
Kobayashi, S. ; Sakamoto, T. ; Hasuda, K. ; Fujii, Y. ; Noka, S. ; Kakuta, A.
Author_Institution :
Chitose Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Chitose
Abstract :
A self-holding optical shutter consisting of a smectic liquid crystal (SLC) cell was demonstrated at 1550 nm. The maximum extinction ratio was 33 dB. The measured return loss of the cell was 42 dB.
Keywords :
optical elements; smectic liquid crystals; self-holding optical shutter; smectic liquid crystal cell; Electrodes; Extinction ratio; Liquid crystals; Loss measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical collimators; Optical crosstalk; Optical losses; Photonic crystals; Voltage; Self-holding; optical shutter; smectic liquid crystal;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1122-X
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2007.4300759
