Title :
A tunable filter operation in multiple-cavity waveguide Fabry-Perot resonators having liquid crystal cladding
Author :
Kato, Akifumi ; Nakatsuhara, Katsumi ; Nakagami, Takakiyo
Author_Institution :
Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We proposed and fabricated an optical bistably tunable filter with cascaded Si-waveguide Fabry-Perot resonators having ferrorelectric liquid crystal cladding. An improvement of band-pass characteristics and wavelength tuning operation were obtained in the fabricated device.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; ferroelectric liquid crystals; optical bistability; optical tuning; optical waveguide filters; silicon; Si; ferrorelectric liquid crystal cladding; multiple-cavity waveguide Fabry-Perot resonators; optical bistably tunable filter; tunable filter operation; wavelength tuning operation; Band pass filters; Fabry-Perot; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Resonator filters; Silicon;
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
