• DocumentCode
    3058757
  • Title

    Metal-complex-doped polymer/liquid-crystal composite film operating at wide wavelength range

  • Author

    Fukushima, Shinya ; Yoshinaga, Koji ; Higuchi, H. ; Kikuchi, Hiroaki ; Hachino, Tomohiro ; Igarashi, Yoichiro

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Kagoshima Univ., Kagoshima, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Doping metal complex into polymer liquid-crystal composite film improves extinction ratio at visible wavelength and extends applicable wavelength to 1.5-μm optical fiber communication band. A polarization dependent loss was measured as 0.32 dB or lower.
  • Keywords
    liquid crystal polymers; liquid films; optical films; polymer films; extinction ratio; metal complex doping; optical fiber communication band; polarization dependent loss; polymer liquid-crystal composite film; wavelength 1.5 mum; Extinction ratio; Films; Liquid crystals; Optical fiber communication; Optical switches; Polymers; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600200
  • Filename
    6600200