The demonstration of a liquid crystal-based wavelength selective switch (WSS) is discussed. The use of polarization diversity in our optical architecture for insertion loss and polarization-dependent loss reduction is examined. The advantages and difficulties of polarization diversity and using LCs as switching elements in a WSS are summarized.
Liquid crystals in bulk optics-based DWDM optical switches and spectral equalizers
2001-01-01
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