All-optical switching and beam steering in tunable waveguide arrays

Andrea Fratalocchi*, Gaetano Assanto, Kasia A. Brzdkiewicz, Mirek A. Karpierz

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Abstract

We demonstrate all-optical switching by discrete beam steering in a voltage-controlled array of channel waveguides in nematic liquid crystals. The model keeps into account the reorientational response of the medium and are in agreement with the experimental data.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number051112
Pages (from-to)1-3
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume86
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 31 2005
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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