Title :
A liquid crystal optically bistable array
Author :
Baillie, W.L. ; Tunnicliffe, D.L. ; Hall, T.J.
Author_Institution :
British Aerosp., Bristol, UK
Abstract :
One current area of research at the British Aerospace Sowerby Research Centre is to develop a fast, low power device for optical array processing. The low thermal conductivity and high dn/dT of K15 nematic liquid crystal make it a suitable material for highly parallel bistable array processing in non-linear Fabry-Perot etalons. Initial experiments with such a cell have shown that array processing is indeed possible and have highlighted the problems involved in fabricating suitable devices and observation of bistability
Keywords :
light interferometry; liquid crystal devices; nematic liquid crystals; optical bistability; optical information processing; Fabry-Perot etalons; liquid crystal optically bistable array; optical array processing; thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Optics in Computing, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
