Switches and tunable filters based on ring resonators and liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6593, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Vázquez, Carmen ^a   Contreras, Pedro ^a   Montalvo, Julio ^a   Pena, José Manuel Sánchez ^a   D'Alessandro, Antonio ^b   Donisi, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Microfiber loops; Microresonators; Ring resonator; Sagnac interferometer; Switches

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; RESONATORS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

MICROFIBER LOOPS; MICRORESONATORS; RING RESONATORS; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 36249005947     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.722058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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