Title :
Design and performance of active coupler for plastic optical fibres
Author :
Zubia, J. ; Durana, G. ; Arrue, J. ; Garcés, I.
Author_Institution :
Departamento de Electronica y Telecomunicaciones, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros de Bilbao, Spain
fDate :
1/17/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A simple and successful design of a new active coupler for plastic optical fibres (POF) is presented. It consists of a 2×2 coupler with a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film sandwiched in it, which takes advantage of the electrooptic effect of the PDLC. More than 3 dB of variation can be achieved by applying electric fields below 1.5 V/μm
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; liquid crystal devices; liquid films; optical fibre couplers; optical films; optical polymers; polymer dispersed liquid crystals; 2 by 2 coupler; PDLC film; active coupler; design; electric fields; electrooptic effect; performance; plastic optical fibres; polymer-dispersed liquid crystal;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020062
