All-optical switching in a liquid crystalline waveguide

被引：26

作者：

Fratalocchi, A ^{[1
]}

Assanto, G ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Roma Tre, NooEL Nonlinear Opt & Optoelect Lab, Dept Elect Engn, I-00146 Rome, Italy

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2005年 / 86卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1861114

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

We demonstrate an all-optical switch based on mode mixing in a liquid crystalline waveguide defined by an external voltage. Efficient switching and rerouting can be achieved with good contrast at low powers in the whole transparency region. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.

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