All-optical switching in a liquid crystalline waveguide

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Fratalocchi, A [1 ]
Assanto, G [1 ]
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[1] Univ Roma Tre, NooEL Nonlinear Opt & Optoelect Lab, Dept Elect Engn, I-00146 Rome, Italy
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10.1063/1.1861114
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We demonstrate an all-optical switch based on mode mixing in a liquid crystalline waveguide defined by an external voltage. Efficient switching and rerouting can be achieved with good contrast at low powers in the whole transparency region. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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