Scalable Liquid Crystal Optical Switches: Fiction or Reality?
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Engineering and Mathematics
RAS ID
98
Abstract
One of the most critical elements within the framework of wavelength division multiplexing optical network is the optical cross-connect. The core of an optical cross-connect is the optical switch capable of switching a large number of input and output fibers. In this paper, we report the design of a polarization independent liquid crystal optical switch. It is pointed out that liquid crystal spatial light modulator technology is a very competitive technology to realize a large-scale reconfigurable optical switch.
Comments
Habibi, D., & Mao, G. (2002). Scalable Liquid Crystal Optical Switches: Fiction or Reality?. In Optical Communications And Networks. Habibi, D., & Mao, G. (2002). Scalable Liquid Crystal Optical Switches: Fiction or Reality?. In Optical Communications And Networks: (With CD-ROM) (pp. 330-333).