• 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