Electrical tuning of the LC:PDMS channels

Authors

  • Katarzyna Agnieszka Rutkowska Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology
  • Tomasz R. Woliński Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology
  • Rita Asquini Department of Information, Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma
  • Luca Civita Department of Information, Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma
  • Luca Martini Department of Information, Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma
  • Antonio d Alessandro Department of Information, Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v9i2.720

Abstract

In this paper studies on electrical tuning of optical channels formed by the PDMS-based waveguides infiltrated with liquid crystalline material are presented. In particular, preliminary results of numerical simulations demonstrating changes in optical parameters of the waveguide channels when influenced by electric field applied via flat and IPS electrodes are demonstrated in order to fabricate photonic switches based on optical directional couplers. First experimental trials of sputtering the ITO layer on PDMS substrate are also shown.

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2017-07-01

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K. A. Rutkowska, T. R. Woliński, R. Asquini, L. Civita, L. Martini, and A. d Alessandro, “Electrical tuning of the LC:PDMS channels”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 9, no. 2, pp. pp. 48–50, Jul. 2017.

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