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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 19, Iss. 12 — Jun. 6, 2011
  • pp: 11890–11896

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Electrically tunable liquid crystal waveguide attenuators

Dong-Po Cai, Shan-Chi Nien, Hua-Kung Chiu, Chii-Chang Chen, and Chien-Chieh Lee  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 12, pp. 11890-11896 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.011890


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Abstract

The attenuator for the wavelength at 1550 nm is fabricated by using the capillary effect to infiltrate liquid crystal (LC) E7 into hollow waveguides (HWGs) on silicon substrate with SiO2 cladding layer. The length of the waveguide is 0.4 cm. The device can be operated with relatively low driving voltage below 5 Vpp with the distance between two electrodes to be 9 μm. The light attenuation of the device can be over 30 dB. The performance of the device is independent of the polarization states of the input light.

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OCIS Codes
(230.2090) Optical devices : Electro-optical devices
(230.3720) Optical devices : Liquid-crystal devices
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides

ToC Category:
Optical Devices

History
Original Manuscript: February 18, 2011
Revised Manuscript: April 9, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: April 26, 2011
Published: June 3, 2011

Citation
Dong-Po Cai, Shan-Chi Nien, Hua-Kung Chiu, Chii-Chang Chen, and Chien-Chieh Lee, "Electrically tunable liquid crystal waveguide attenuators," Opt. Express 19, 11890-11896 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-12-11890


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