Title :
Polarisation-induced beating in spatial light modulator optical switches
Author :
Chu, H.-H. ; Holmes, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., King´s Coll., London, UK
Abstract :
We report, for the first time, results of a full polarisation analysis of SLM-based switches, taking into account all diffraction orders. Although the switch efficiency is dominated by a polarisation-independent term, we discover polarisation dependent beating effects with residual zero order.
Keywords :
beam steering; electro-optical switches; ferroelectric liquid crystals; holography; light polarization; liquid crystal devices; phase modulation; spatial light modulators; FLC SLM; Jones matrix; SLM optical switches; all diffraction orders; beam steering; full polarisation analysis; phase modulation; polarisation-induced beating; residual zero order; switch efficiency; Crosstalk; Diffraction; Liquid crystals; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Tail;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic-Enhanced Optics, Optical Sensing in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Electro-Optics in Space, Broadband Optical Networks, 2000. Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Aventura, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6252-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2000.869675
