Title :
Polarisation insensitive operation of ferroelectric liquid crystal devices
Author :
Warr, S.T. ; Mears, R.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
fDate :
4/27/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The accepted mode of operation of ferroelectric liquid crystal devices is to place them between crossed polarisers. The authors demonstrate that such devices may be used as diffractive modulators without polarisers. A one-to-many polarisation independent switch is presented for singlemode optical fibre networks, based on dynamic liquid crystal holograms
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; ferroelectric devices; ferroelectric liquid crystals; holography; liquid crystal devices; optical fibre networks; photonic switching systems; spatial light modulators; diffractive modulators; dynamic liquid crystal holograms; ferroelectric LCD; liquid crystal devices; polarisation independent switch; polarisation insensitive operation; singlemode optical fibre networks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950515
