Title :
Electrically tunable liquid crystal waveguide attenuators
Author :
Cai, Dong-Po ; Nien, Shan-Chi ; Chiu, Hua-Kung ; Chen, Chii-Chang ; Lee, Chien-Chieh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Opt. & Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Jhongli, Taiwan
Abstract :
The attenuator is fabricated by infiltrating liquid crystal (LC) E7 into hollow waveguides (HWGs). The attenuation of device is over 30 dB. The performance of device is independent of the polarization states of input light.
Keywords :
light polarisation; liquid crystal devices; waveguide attenuators; electrically tunable liquid crystal waveguide attenuators; hollow waveguides; Indexes; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
