• DocumentCode
    3592759
  • Title

    Polarization insensitive variable optical attenuator based on field induced waveguides with a liquid crystal core

  • Author

    Blasl, M. ; Bornhorst, K. ; Costache, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Inst. for Photonic Microsyst., Dresden, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A VOA based on field induced waveguides with isotropic liquid crystal core is fabricated on silicon backplane. Low loss and 0.1 dB PDL is ensured for 0-20 dB attenuation range by a special electrode design.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical devices; electrodes; integrated optics; liquid crystal devices; optical communication equipment; optical waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; Si; attenuation range; field induced waveguides; liquid crystal core; low loss; polarization insensitive variable optical attenuator; silicon backplane; special electrode design; Chip scale packaging; Decision support systems; Liquid crystals; Liquid waveguides; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7122076
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3592759