Nematic liquid crystal optical channel waveguides on silicon

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1084-1090

  d'Alessandro, Antonio ^a,b   Bellini, Bob ^a,b,c   Donisi, Domenico ^a   Beccherelli, Romeo ^c   Asquini, Rita ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrated optic polarizers; Liquid crystal (LC); Optical waveguides; Silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; BEAM PROPAGATION; CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; CLADDING LAYER; HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION; INFRARED LIGHT; NEAR-FIELD IMAGES; OPTICAL CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; SI SUBSTRATES; SILICON PHOTONICS; SINGLE MODE PROPAGATION; V GROOVES; VERTICAL POLARIZATION;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34247389114     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.881827     Document Type: Article

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