DocumentCode
3577143
Title
Normally-off liquid crystal VOA achieves temperature invariant attenuation through passive thermal compensation
Author
Pan, J.J. ; Zhou, Feag Qing ; Wu, Haiming ; He, Henry ; Wu, Yousheng ; Qiu, Xiangdong ; Jiang, Joy
Author_Institution
Lightwaves 2020 Inc., Milpitas, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
Abstract
Through the orthogonal alignment of an additional passive LC cell, identical to the first, into a normally-on LC VOA, a normally-off VOA with temperature insensitive attenuation was achieved by means of passive thermal compensation.
Keywords
compensation; liquid crystal devices; optical attenuators; optical communication equipment; normally-off liquid crystal variable optical attenuators; normally-on liquid crystal variable optical attenuators; orthogonal LC alignment; passive thermal compensation; temperature invariant attenuation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Print_ISBN
1-55752-772-5
Type
conf
Filename
1362239
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