DocumentCode
832847
Title
Fibred optical variable attenuator using liquid crystal dispersed in polymer
Author
Ramanitra, H. ; Chanclou, P. ; Vinouze, B. ; Dupont, L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Opt., ENST Bretagne, Lannion, France
Volume
38
Issue
19
fYear
2002
fDate
9/12/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1122
Lastpage
1123
Abstract
A variable optical attenuator using polymer dispersed liquid crystal is presented. The fabrication process is described and the optical attenuation and polarisation dependent loss (PDL) characteristics in relation to fabrication conditions are presented. The device achieves 12.7 dB of attenuation and 0.7 dB of insertion loss at 1.55 μm with a PDL < 1.8 dB
Keywords
liquid crystal devices; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; polymer dispersed liquid crystals; waveguide attenuators; 0.7 dB; 1.55 micron; UV curing conditions; UV irradiation; dynamical attenuation; electro-optical characteristics; fabrication process; fibre optical variable attenuator; insertion loss; optical attenuation; polarisation dependent loss characteristics; polymer dispersed liquid crystal; wavelength division multiplexed networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20020770
Filename
1038628
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