2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research on Optical Waveguide Switches using Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal Claddings for use in Photonic Networks
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15360209
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Communication/Network engineering
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| Research Institution | Kanagawa Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKAGAMI Takakiyo Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (20267636)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
UNO Takkehiko Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (50257408)
NAKATSUHARA Katsumi Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Instructor, 工学部, 講師 (70339894)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Keywords | photonic network / optical switcch / optical waveguide switch / liquid crystal switch / optical waveguide / liquid crystal cladding / ferro-electric liquid crystal |
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| Research Abstract |
The research has been carried out to demonstrate the novel optical waveguide switches having ferro-electric liquid crystal claddings. Achievements of the research include ;
1. Proposal of a new phase-variable waveguide constituted with the optical waveguide with liquid crystal claddings.
2. Evaluation of core materials suited for phase-variable optical waveguide.
3. Development of Si optical waveguide using Silicon-On-Insulator substrate.
4. Demonstration of phase-variable optical waveguide with the ferro-electric liquid crystal cladding.
5. Development of an optical Mach-Zehnder Interferometer amplitude modulator and 2x2 optical switch using phase-variable optical waveguide with the ferro-electric liquid crystal cladding.
6. Demonstration of the feasibility of phase-variable optical waveguides with ferro-electric liquid crystal cladding through the development of optical switches.
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