DocumentCode
3506099
Title
Optical switching in a liquid crystalline waveguide
Author
Fratalocchi, Andrea ; Assanto, Gaetano
Author_Institution
INFM, Rome Tre Univ., Italy
fYear
2005
fDate
22-24 June 2005
Firstpage
271
Lastpage
274
Abstract
We demonstrate an optical switch based on mode mixing in a liquid crystalline waveguide defined by an external voltage. Efficient switching and rerouting can be achieved using either an external voltage modulation or the optical input power with good contrast in the whole transparency region.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; liquid crystal devices; nematic liquid crystals; optical switches; optical waveguides; external voltage modulation; liquid crystalline waveguide; mode mixing; optical input power; optical switching; rerouting; Crystallization; Liquid waveguides; Optical waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fibres and Optical Passive Components, 2005. Proceedings of 2005 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8949-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WFOPC.2005.1462138
Filename
1462138
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