Free space adaptive optical interconnect at 1.25 Gb/s, with beam steering using a ferroelectric liquid-crystal SLM

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1989-1997

  Henderson, Charley J ^a   Leyva, Diego Gil ^a   Wilkinson, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holographic gratings; Liquid crystal devices; Optical interconnections; Spatial light modulators (SLMs)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; BIT ERROR RATE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS (SLMS);

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 33646910773     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.871015     Document Type: Article

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