Title :
Liquid crystal/polymer micro-waveguide fabrication and optical nonlinearity determination
Author :
Chen, Ta-Nung ; Liu, Snhing-hong ; Wang, Siao-Tsung ; Su, Shing-Rung ; Chen, Bo-Yan ; Hsu, Kuei-Chu ; Lin, Ja-Hon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Opt. & Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Chungli, Taiwan
Abstract :
Ultra-fast pulse is utilized to cause phase separation and fabricate liquid crystal/polymer micro-waveguide through two-photon excitation and photo-polymerization. Transverse spatial distribution of the micro-waveguide can be characterized and analyzed by Z-scan measurement.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; liquid crystal polymers; micro-optics; microfabrication; optical fabrication; optical polymers; optical waveguides; polymerisation; two-photon processes; Z-scan measurement; liquid crystal/polymer microwaveguide fabrication; optical nonlinearity determination; photo-polymerization; transverse spatial distribution; two-photon excitation; ultra-fast pulse; Absorption; Lenses; Liquid crystal displays; Liquid waveguides; Optical device fabrication; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
