Development of Liquid Crystal and Magnetic Stripe Domain Multimode Optical Switches

Abstract

Two fiber optical switching devices have been investigated: A device using liquid crystals and one with magnetic stripe-domain structures. The device based on liquid crystals has been developed to the point where prototypes are now available. This work is extremely successful and will be of great importance to the future optical fiber communications of the Air Force. The study of the magnetic stripe-domain structures was not completed but significant and original technical progress was achieved which merits future investigations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA090124

Entities

People

  • M. Kestigian
  • Richard Soref

Organizations

  • Sperry Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystal Growth
  • Diffraction
  • Liquid Phases
  • Materials Processing
  • Optical Properties
  • Optical Switching
  • Optics
  • Phase Transformations
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Single Crystals
  • Switching
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thin Films
  • Transition Temperature
  • Transitions
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.