We demonstrate novel channel waveguides made of SiO2/Si grooves filled with liquid crystals. We investigated the polarization dependency of waveguides using the commercial nematic liquid crystal E7. The orthogonal polarization state, for which the optical electric field "sees" only the lower LC refractive index, was suppressed by 21 dB.
Nematic liquid crystal channel waveguides embedded in SiO2/Si grooves
Beccherelli R;
2005
Abstract
We demonstrate novel channel waveguides made of SiO2/Si grooves filled with liquid crystals. We investigated the polarization dependency of waveguides using the commercial nematic liquid crystal E7. The orthogonal polarization state, for which the optical electric field "sees" only the lower LC refractive index, was suppressed by 21 dB.File in questo prodotto:
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