Title :
Applications of liquid crystal spatial light modulators in optical communications
Author :
Ahderom, S. ; Raisi, M. ; Lo, K. ; Alameh, K.E. ; Mavaddat, R.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Very High Speed Microelectron. Syst., Edith Cowan Univ., Joondalup, WA, Australia
Abstract :
Advances in liquid crystal (LC) materials and VLSI technology have enabled the development of multi-phase spatial light modulators (SLM) that can perform high-resolution, dynamic optical beam positioning as well as temporal and spatial beam shaping in the 1550 nm optical communication window. These attractive features can effectively be used to achieve optical switching, optical spectral equalization, tunable optical filtering and many other functions that are important for future reconfigurable optical telecommunication networks. We review potential optical telecommunication applications based on LC-SLMs.
Keywords :
VLSI; beam steering; equalisers; liquid crystal devices; optical communication equipment; optical filters; optical switches; spatial light modulators; 1550 nm; LC-SLM; VLSI technology; dynamic optical beam positioning; high-resolution optical beam positioning; liquid crystal materials; liquid crystal spatial light modulators; multi-phase spatial light modulators; optical communications; optical spectral equalization; optical switching; optical telecommunication networks; spatial beam shaping; temporal beam shaping; tunable optical filtering; Crystalline materials; Liquid crystals; Optical beams; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Telecommunication switching; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
High Speed Networks and Multimedia Communications 5th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7600-5
DOI :
10.1109/HSNMC.2002.1032583
