Compact optical-fiber variable attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals

Electrically controlled fiber variable-optical-attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals are shown to be compact and to have a large attenuation range (30-40 dB) and low residual loss (0.55 dB) at wavelengths from 1.3 to 1.6 mum. Their estimated power consumption is very low (

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Applied optics (2004) 2001-07, Vol.40 (21), p.3509-3517
Main Authors: Hirabayashi, K, Wada, M, Amano, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c288t-5f4fcde17eb35daeefe42d56e9fc79bfd02dbce0bbbe70c5b9d5eca0cc12b3a23
cites
container_end_page 3517
container_issue 21
container_start_page 3509
container_title Applied optics (2004)
container_volume 40
creator Hirabayashi, K
Wada, M
Amano, C
description Electrically controlled fiber variable-optical-attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals are shown to be compact and to have a large attenuation range (30-40 dB) and low residual loss (0.55 dB) at wavelengths from 1.3 to 1.6 mum. Their estimated power consumption is very low (
doi_str_mv 10.1364/AO.40.003509
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>proquest_pubme</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_734274546</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>734274546</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c288t-5f4fcde17eb35daeefe42d56e9fc79bfd02dbce0bbbe70c5b9d5eca0cc12b3a23</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNo1kDtPwzAYRT2AaClszMgbU4od23EyVhUvqVIXKrFFfnwRBqdObYcq_x4QZTrS1dEZLkI3lCwpq_j9arvkZEkIE6Q5Q3MqRFPQsn6bocuUPn533sgLNKM1qwiTco5269APymQchuyM8kXnNET8paJT2gNWOcN-VDlErGJUU8JHl9_xEPzUQyz2kI8hfmLvDqOz2MQpZeXTFTrvfgDXJy7Q7vHhdf1cbLZPL-vVpjBlXedCdLwzFqgEzYRVAB3w0ooKms7IRneWlFYbIFprkMQI3VgBRhFjaKmZKtkC3f11hxgOI6Tc9i4Z8F7tIYyplYyXkgte_Zi3J3PUPdh2iK5XcWr_n2Dfk5Vhow</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>734274546</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Compact optical-fiber variable attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals</title><source>Optica Publishing Group (OPG)</source><creator>Hirabayashi, K ; Wada, M ; Amano, C</creator><creatorcontrib>Hirabayashi, K ; Wada, M ; Amano, C</creatorcontrib><description>Electrically controlled fiber variable-optical-attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals are shown to be compact and to have a large attenuation range (30-40 dB) and low residual loss (0.55 dB) at wavelengths from 1.3 to 1.6 mum. Their estimated power consumption is very low (&lt;30 nW/channel), and arrays with more than ten channels can be made. The manufacturing process is simple: Trenches 30-100 mum wide are cut across parallel conductive-layer-coated optical fibers and are filled with a polymer-network liquid crystal. The attenuation properties depend on UV-curing conditions and on trench width.</description><identifier>ISSN: 1559-128X</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003509</identifier><identifier>PMID: 18360377</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>United States</publisher><ispartof>Applied optics (2004), 2001-07, Vol.40 (21), p.3509-3517</ispartof><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c288t-5f4fcde17eb35daeefe42d56e9fc79bfd02dbce0bbbe70c5b9d5eca0cc12b3a23</citedby></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,27924,27925</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18360377$$D View this record in MEDLINE/PubMed$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Hirabayashi, K</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Wada, M</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Amano, C</creatorcontrib><title>Compact optical-fiber variable attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals</title><title>Applied optics (2004)</title><addtitle>Appl Opt</addtitle><description>Electrically controlled fiber variable-optical-attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals are shown to be compact and to have a large attenuation range (30-40 dB) and low residual loss (0.55 dB) at wavelengths from 1.3 to 1.6 mum. Their estimated power consumption is very low (&lt;30 nW/channel), and arrays with more than ten channels can be made. The manufacturing process is simple: Trenches 30-100 mum wide are cut across parallel conductive-layer-coated optical fibers and are filled with a polymer-network liquid crystal. The attenuation properties depend on UV-curing conditions and on trench width.</description><issn>1559-128X</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2001</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><recordid>eNo1kDtPwzAYRT2AaClszMgbU4od23EyVhUvqVIXKrFFfnwRBqdObYcq_x4QZTrS1dEZLkI3lCwpq_j9arvkZEkIE6Q5Q3MqRFPQsn6bocuUPn533sgLNKM1qwiTco5269APymQchuyM8kXnNET8paJT2gNWOcN-VDlErGJUU8JHl9_xEPzUQyz2kI8hfmLvDqOz2MQpZeXTFTrvfgDXJy7Q7vHhdf1cbLZPL-vVpjBlXedCdLwzFqgEzYRVAB3w0ooKms7IRneWlFYbIFprkMQI3VgBRhFjaKmZKtkC3f11hxgOI6Tc9i4Z8F7tIYyplYyXkgte_Zi3J3PUPdh2iK5XcWr_n2Dfk5Vhow</recordid><startdate>20010720</startdate><enddate>20010720</enddate><creator>Hirabayashi, K</creator><creator>Wada, M</creator><creator>Amano, C</creator><scope>NPM</scope><scope>7X8</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20010720</creationdate><title>Compact optical-fiber variable attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals</title><author>Hirabayashi, K ; Wada, M ; Amano, C</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c288t-5f4fcde17eb35daeefe42d56e9fc79bfd02dbce0bbbe70c5b9d5eca0cc12b3a23</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2001</creationdate><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Hirabayashi, K</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Wada, M</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Amano, C</creatorcontrib><collection>PubMed</collection><collection>MEDLINE - Academic</collection><jtitle>Applied optics (2004)</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Hirabayashi, K</au><au>Wada, M</au><au>Amano, C</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Compact optical-fiber variable attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals</atitle><jtitle>Applied optics (2004)</jtitle><addtitle>Appl Opt</addtitle><date>2001-07-20</date><risdate>2001</risdate><volume>40</volume><issue>21</issue><spage>3509</spage><epage>3517</epage><pages>3509-3517</pages><issn>1559-128X</issn><abstract>Electrically controlled fiber variable-optical-attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals are shown to be compact and to have a large attenuation range (30-40 dB) and low residual loss (0.55 dB) at wavelengths from 1.3 to 1.6 mum. Their estimated power consumption is very low (&lt;30 nW/channel), and arrays with more than ten channels can be made. The manufacturing process is simple: Trenches 30-100 mum wide are cut across parallel conductive-layer-coated optical fibers and are filled with a polymer-network liquid crystal. The attenuation properties depend on UV-curing conditions and on trench width.</abstract><cop>United States</cop><pmid>18360377</pmid><doi>10.1364/AO.40.003509</doi><tpages>9</tpages></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 1559-128X
ispartof Applied optics (2004), 2001-07, Vol.40 (21), p.3509-3517
issn 1559-128X
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_734274546
source Optica Publishing Group (OPG)
title Compact optical-fiber variable attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-01T00%3A38%3A33IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_pubme&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Compact%20optical-fiber%20variable%20attenuator%20arrays%20with%20polymer-network%20liquid%20crystals&rft.jtitle=Applied%20optics%20(2004)&rft.au=Hirabayashi,%20K&rft.date=2001-07-20&rft.volume=40&rft.issue=21&rft.spage=3509&rft.epage=3517&rft.pages=3509-3517&rft.issn=1559-128X&rft_id=info:doi/10.1364/AO.40.003509&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_pubme%3E734274546%3C/proquest_pubme%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c288t-5f4fcde17eb35daeefe42d56e9fc79bfd02dbce0bbbe70c5b9d5eca0cc12b3a23%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=734274546&rft_id=info:pmid/18360377&rfr_iscdi=true