• DocumentCode
    3383825
  • 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
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    19-22 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    79
  • Lastpage
    80
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching, 2007
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-1121-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-1122-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PS.2007.4300759
  • Filename
    4300759
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3383825