Integrated visible-light liquid-crystal-based phase modulators
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Notaros, Milica; Dyer, Thomas; Raval, Manan; Baiocco, Christopher; Notaros, Jelena; Watts, Michael R; ... Show more Show less
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In this work, an integrated liquid-crystal-based phase modulator operating at visible wavelengths was developed and experimentally demonstrated. A visible-light silicon-nitride-based 300-mm-wafer foundry platform and a liquid-crystal integration process were developed to leverage the birefringence of liquid crystal to actively tune the effective index of a section of silicon-nitride waveguide and induce a phase shift over its length. The device was experimentally shown to achieve a 41π phase shift within 4.8 Vpp for a 500-µm-long modulator, which means that a 2π phase shifter would need to be only 24.4 µm long. This device is a compact and low-power solution to the challenge of integrated phase modulation in silicon nitride and paves the way for future low-power small-form-factor integrated systems at visible wavelengths.
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2022-04-11Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of ElectronicsJournal
Optics Express
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Optica Publishing Group
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Notaros, Milica, Dyer, Thomas, Raval, Manan, Baiocco, Christopher, Notaros, Jelena et al. 2022. "Integrated visible-light liquid-crystal-based phase modulators." Optics Express, 30 (8).
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