Title

Pdlc-Based Voa With A Small Polarization Dependent Loss

Abstract

A polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC)-based variable optical attenuator (VOA) was demonstrated to exhibit a relatively small polarization dependent loss (PDL) in the optical communication C band. The influence of the PDLC characteristics, the temperature, as well as the wavelength of the laser irradiation, on the PDLC VOA performance was analyzed. The PDL, the insertion loss at saturated voltage, and the operating voltage of the PDLC-based VOA were reduced by optimizing the fabrication conditions and applying a bias voltage to the PDLC cells during polymerization-induced phase separation. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

11-15-2009

Publication Title

Optics Communications

Volume

282

Issue

22

Number of Pages

4374-4377

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2009.08.012

Socpus ID

70349242075 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/70349242075

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