• DocumentCode
    562057
  • Title

    Liquid crystal phase shifter on the SOH platform with ultra-low power consumption

  • Author

    Alloatti, Luca ; Pfeifle, Joerg ; Mendez, Jorge ; Freude, Wolfgang ; Leuthold, Juerg ; Koos, Christian

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron. (IPQ), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A silicon phase shifter with Vπ L = 0.085 Vmm and nW-power consumption is demonstrated. The device exploits slot-waveguides filled with liquid crystals. A drive voltage of 5 V leads to a 35 π phase shift.
  • Keywords
    liquid crystal devices; optical phase shifters; optical waveguides; organic compounds; power consumption; silicon; SOH platform; Si; drive voltage; liquid crystal phase shifter; silicon phase shifter; slot-waveguides; ultralow power consumption; voltage 5 V; Liquid crystals; Optical device fabrication; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Phase shifters; Silicon; Strips;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0262-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6192040
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=562057