DocumentCode
1624126
Title
Liquid-crystal-doped transparent polymers for optical waveguide-type devices
Author
Matsumoto, Shiro ; Houlbert, Marthe ; Hayashi, Takayoshi ; Kubodera, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution
NTT Integrated Inf. & Energy Syst. Labs., Tokyo, Japan
fYear
1997
Firstpage
212
Lastpage
213
Abstract
This paper presents a transparent LC material for waveguide type LC devices. The material is obtained by doping fine LC droplets in polymers so that the droplet diameter is small enough (100 nm) to prevent scattering loss at the infrared optical fibre communication wavelength
Keywords
drops; liquid crystal polymers; optical communication equipment; optical polymers; optical waveguides; transparency; fine LC droplets; infrared optical fibre communication wavelength; liquid crystal polymers; liquid-crystal-doped transparent polymers; optical waveguide-type devices; scattering loss; transparent LC material; waveguide type LC devices; Liquid crystal devices; Liquid crystal displays; Liquid crystal polymers; Liquid waveguides; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN
1-55752-480-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.1997.719830
Filename
719830
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