A switchable liquid-crystal optical channel waveguide on Silicon

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 762-768

  Donisi, Domenico ^a   Bellini, Bob ^a   Beccherelli, Romeo ^a   Asquini, Rita ^b   Gilardi, Giovanni ^a,b   Trotta, Marco ^b   D'Alessandro, Antonio ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrooptic switch; Liquid crystals (LCs); Optical waveguides; Silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTIC EFFECTS; ELECTROOPTIC SWITCH; EXTINCTION RATIOS; INTEGRATED OPTICAL SWITCH; LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; OPTICAL CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; OUTPUT INTENSITY; SI ELECTRODES; SILICON PHOTONICS; SWITCHABLE; V-GROOVE; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS; WAVEGUIDE PROPAGATION;

CRYSTALS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; WAVEGUIDES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77749322598     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2038241     Document Type: Article

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