• DocumentCode
    2009692
  • Title

    A wavelength switching operation of a Si-waveguide asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer having a ferro-electric liquid crystal cladding

  • Author

    Hoshi, R. ; Nakatsuhara, K. ; Nakagami, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Japan
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    We proposed and fabricated a novel optical switching device using a Si-waveguide asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a ferro-electric liquid crystal cladding. We demonstrated the wavelength switching operation with the experimental device fabricated at 1550 nm wavelength.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; claddings; elemental semiconductors; ferroelectric liquid crystals; optical fabrication; optical switches; optical waveguides; silicon; 1550 nm; Si; Si-waveguide; asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer; ferro-electric liquid crystal cladding; wavelength switching; High speed optical techniques; Liquid crystal devices; Liquid crystals; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215549
  • Filename
    1636580