Optical tuning of silicon photonic structures with nematic liquid crystal claddings

Joanna Ptasinski, Sung W. Kim, Lin Pang, Iam Choon Khoo, Yeshaiahu Fainman

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Abstract

An analysis of and experimental demonstration of active optical tuning of silicon strip waveguides with methyl red doped nematic liquid crystal claddings is presented. Under low-power irradiation by polarized light, the reorientation of the nematic, the resulting index change, and phase shift produce a tuning range of 5.6 nm for the microresonator resonances.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2008-2010
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume38
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 15 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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