Optical multimode interference router in sol-gel waveguide with a liquid crystal cladding

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作者：
Sirleto, L
Coppola, G
Breglio, G
机构：
[1] CNR, IRECE, Res Inst Electromagnetism & Elect Components, I-80124 Naples, Italy
[2] Univ Naples Federico II, Dept Elect Engn & Telecommun, I-80125 Naples, Italy
来源：
MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS | 2002年 / 375卷
关键词：
integrated optics; electro-optic devices; routing devices; paraelectric liquid crystals; self imaging principle;
D O I：
10.1080/10587250210590
中图分类号：
O6 [化学];
学科分类号：
0703 ;
摘要：
The self-imaging principle has been applied in the design of a novel configuration for an electro-optical router, working at the wavelength of 1.55 micron The device is composed by: a single mode input optical channel waveguide; a bimodal active region, having a liquid crystal as over-layer, an output Y branch, to separate the two output channels. The active region is designed to allow a pi shift between the two modes that it supports, by means of electro-optic effect of smectic A*, in order to steer light from one output channel to the other one. In this paper, for the first time, the performances of an electro-optical router, based on the multimode interference effects together with the electro-optic effect of smectic A* liquid crystal, are theoretically and numerically discussed.
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