Electrically Controlled Self-Focusing and Self-Localization in the Guided Channels.
Polymers (Basel) 2019;
11:polym11111767. [PMID:
31717874 PMCID:
PMC6918354 DOI:
10.3390/polym11111767]
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Abstract
In this paper, we demonstrate the potential of liquid crystals (LCs) on the applications of small, simple, and tunable optical guided channels. Experimental results show that three operation modes of beam coupling can be achieved, depending on the feature of the electrically controllable refractive index, the incident position, and the specific design of electrodes. The dependence of the beam polarization on self-focusing and coupling effect are also discussed. The electrically controllable self-focusing and beam coupling are highly potential on integrated photonic circuits.
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