O-band grating couplers using silicon nitride structures

E Ohana, D Malka - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
To test silicon photonics component performances, a silicon (Si) grating coupler (GC) is
used to couple the light from a single-mode fiber (SMF) into the chip. However, silicon nitride …

Low threshold electro-optic switch and TE/TM polarization selector using liquid crystal channel waveguide

V Sharma, A Sinha - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract We demonstrate a Liquid Crystal (LC) core channel waveguide-based low
threshold electro-optic switch by employing in-plane switching configuration and show its …

Electrically controlled dual-mode polarization beam splitter using a nematic liquid crystal

V Sharma, A Sinha - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Polarization handling using an external source is highly desirable in applied optics and
photonics to increase the degree of freedom of an optical system. Here we report an …

Electrically controlled continuous laser beam steering in a liquid crystal based electro-optic waveguide

R Panchal, A Sinha - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-mechanical and continuous beam steering devices are highly desirable in recent laser
scanning applications and telecommunication advancements. We report a liquid crystal (LC) …

Liquid Crystal Purity Detection Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Phenomena

V Sharma, A Sinha - Plasmonics, 2024 - Springer
The development of Liquid crystals (LCs) based technology is happening at a quick pace to
design various switchable optical devices due to the exceptional electro-optical properties of …

Liquid-crystal clad tunable wavelength de-multiplexer and coupler/filter in silicon nitride rib waveguide structure

R Chauhan, US Tripathi, V Rastogi - Optics Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
We report long-period waveguide grating (LPWG) based tunable wavelength de-multiplexer
and tunable coupler/filter in liquid crystal (LC) clad rib waveguides on silicon nitride on …