Integrated Electro-Optic Switch Based on a Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Waveguide
作者:
Giusy Scalia,
DavidSparre Hermann,
Giancarlo Abbate,
Lachezar Komitov,
Pasquale Mormile,
GianCarlo Righini,
Luigi Sirleto,
期刊:
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
(Taylor Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 320,
issue 1
页码: 321-335
ISSN:1058-725X
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1080/10587259808024404
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: integrated optics;electro-optic device;waveguide;guided mode;ferroelectric liquid crystal
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
An electro-optic switch based on a planar, ferroelectric liquid crystal waveguide oriented in the bookshelf geometry has been realized and tested. The waveguide device consists of three stages: two glass waveguides and an FLC waveguide in between, permitting coupling and decoupling of the light into and out of the glass waveguides with prisms. The refractive indices of the FLC used were determined with a total internal reflection method. The time characteristics of the ON-OFF switch and the OFF-ON switch have been studied. Our main aim was the experimental demonstration of previous theoretical studies and no attempt was made up to now to optimize the device performance.
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