Bistability And Switching In Waveguides With A Liquid Crystal Cladding

J. D. Valera; B. C. Svensson; C. T. Seaton; G. I. Stegeman

doi:10.1117/12.936488

19 December 1986 Bistability And Switching In Waveguides With A Liquid Crystal Cladding

J. D. Valera, B. C. Svensson, C. T. Seaton, G. I. Stegeman

Proceedings Volume 0684, Liquid Crystals and Spatial Light Modulator Materials; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936488
Event: 30th Annual Technical Symposium, 1986, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The transmission of guided waves through a thin-film waveguide with an oriented liquid-crystal cladding of K18 exhibits, near the liquid-crystal nematic-isotropic phase transition, a number of all-optical operations, such as switching and bistability.

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J. D. Valera, B. C. Svensson, C. T. Seaton, and G. I. Stegeman "Bistability And Switching In Waveguides With A Liquid Crystal Cladding", Proc. SPIE 0684, Liquid Crystals and Spatial Light Modulator Materials, (19 December 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936488

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