Compact Optical-Fiber Variable Attenuator Arrays with Polymer-Network Liquid Crystals
Applied Optics, Vol. 40, Issue 21, pp. 3509-3517 (2001)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.40.003509
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Abstract
Electrically controlled fiber variable-optical-attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals are shown to be compact and to have a large attenuation range (30–40 dB) and low residual loss (0.55 dB) at wavelengths from 1.3 to 1.6 μm. Their estimated power consumption is very low (<30 nW/channel), and arrays with more than ten channels can be made. The manufacturing process is simple: Trenches 30–100 μm wide are cut across parallel conductive-layer-coated optical fibers and are filled with a polymer-network liquid crystal. The attenuation properties depend on UV-curing conditions and on trench width.
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OCIS Codes
(060.1810) Fiber optics and optical communications : Buffers, couplers, routers, switches, and multiplexers
(060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components
(160.3710) Materials : Liquid crystals
(230.2090) Optical devices : Electro-optical devices
(230.3720) Optical devices : Liquid-crystal devices
(230.4110) Optical devices : Modulators
Citation
Katsuhiko Hirabayashi, Masato Wada, and Chikara Amano, "Compact Optical-Fiber Variable Attenuator Arrays with Polymer-Network Liquid Crystals," Appl. Opt. 40, 3509-3517 (2001)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-40-21-3509
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