Optical tuning of silicon photonic structures with nematic liquid crystal claddings

Optics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2008-2010

  Ptasinski, Joanna ^a,b   Kim, Sung W ^a   Pang, Lin ^a   Khoo, Iam Choon ^c   Fainman, Yeshaiahu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; METHYL RED; MICRO RESONATORS; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; OPTICAL TUNING; SILICON PHOTONICS; SILICON STRIP; TUNING RANGES;

OPTICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84879097027     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.38.002008     Document Type: Article

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