Wide tuning of SiN microring resonators by auto-realigning nematic liquid crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 15853-15858

  Wang, Tzyy Jiann ^a   Yang, Shun Chen ^a   Chen, Tien Jung ^a   Chen, Bo Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SILICON NITRIDE; WAVEGUIDES;

ALIGNMENT LAYERS; CLADDING INDEX; ELECTRICAL TUNING; LARGE TUNING RANGE; MICRORING RESONATOR; MICRORINGS; RESONANT WAVELENGTHS; RIDGE STRUCTURES; TE MODE; TM MODES; WAVELENGTH TUNING; WIDE TUNING;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84863755869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.015853     Document Type: Article

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