Electro-optic integration of liquid crystal cladding switch with multimode passive polymer waveguides on PCB

Author

Beals, J., IV ; Hadeler, O. ; Morris, S.M. ; Wilkinson, T.D. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Optical switching functionality is demonstrated in PCB integrated multimode passive polymer waveguides using a localised liquid-crystal cladding structure. Waveguide switching contrast of 15 dB is achieved with only 0.5 dB of on-state excess loss.

Keywords

electro-optical devices; integrated optics; liquid crystal devices; optical losses; optical polymers; optical switches; optical waveguides; printed circuits; PCB; electro-optic integration; integrated polymer waveguide; liquid crystal cladding switch; multimode passive polymer waveguide; optical switching functionality; waveguide switching; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Liquid crystal polymers; Liquid waveguides; Optical device fabrication; Optical polymers; Optical switches; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Waveguide discontinuities; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (130.5460) Polymer waveguides; (230.3720) Liquid-crystal devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224579