Design of an integrated optical switch based on liquid crystal infiltration

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1197-1202

  Riboli, Francesco ^a   Daldosso, Nicola ^a   Pucker, Georg ^b   Lui, Alberto ^b   Pavesi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b ITC IRST   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; Fabry ndash; P rot resonators; Liquid crystals (LCs); Optical switches; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

INTEGRATED OPTICAL SWITCH; LIQUID CRYSTAL INFILTRATION; PEROT RESONATORS; RESONANCE PEAK TRANSMISSION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 24744455047     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.853363     Document Type: Article

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