Feasibility of an all-optical switch based on cylindrical microresonators and liquid crystals

Luigi Sirleto; J. W. Klunder; Alfred Driessen; Ivo Rendina; Giancarlo Abbate

doi:10.1117/12.470178

11 March 2003 Feasibility of an all-optical switch based on cylindrical microresonators and liquid crystals

Luigi Sirleto, J. W. Klunder, Alfred Driessen, Ivo Rendina, Giancarlo Abbate

Proceedings Volume 4947, Laser Diodes, Optoelectronic Devices, and Heterogenous Integration; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470178
Event: Photonics Fabrication Europe, 2002, Bruges, Belgium

Abstract

Recently an ever-increasing activity in the area of coupling between optical waveguide and ring or micro resonator has been developed. Devices based on this coupling held the promise of a new modality of light switching, amplifications and modulation. In this paper, the feasibility of an all optical switch based on the integration of the potentiality of microcavity resonator and organic materials having large nonlinearities, i.e. liquid crystals (LC's), is discussed. The device is based on silicon technology with hybrid integration of liquid crystals as a nonlinear material.

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Luigi Sirleto, J. W. Klunder, Alfred Driessen, Ivo Rendina, and Giancarlo Abbate "Feasibility of an all-optical switch based on cylindrical microresonators and liquid crystals", Proc. SPIE 4947, Laser Diodes, Optoelectronic Devices, and Heterogenous Integration, (11 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470178

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