Microwatt optical switching and bistability in dyed nematic liquid crystals

Ashley D. Lloyd; Chang Hai Wang; Brian S. Wherrett

doi:10.1117/12.22964

1 December 1990 Microwatt optical switching and bistability in dyed nematic liquid crystals

Ashley D. Lloyd, Chang Hai Wang, Brian S. Wherrett

Proceedings Volume 1337, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials III; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22964
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The performance of optically bistable liquid crystal interference filters with extra-cavity metallic absorbers is contrasted with designs using intra-cavity dyes with which switching levels at 4 pW are recorded. The use of these devices in parallel processing applications is also considered, with the optical implementation of a "flip-flop" and results of a 15 x 15 element array switching presented.

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Ashley D. Lloyd, Chang Hai Wang, and Brian S. Wherrett "Microwatt optical switching and bistability in dyed nematic liquid crystals", Proc. SPIE 1337, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials III, (1 December 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22964

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