Widely tunable electro-optic distributed Bragg reflector in liquid crystal waveguide

We propose and numerically investigate a versatile and easy-to-realize configuration for a guided-wave voltage-tunable distributed feedback grating based on reorientation in nematic liquid crystal and coplanar comb electrodes. The device has a wide tuning range exceeding 100 nm and covers C and L bands for wavelength division multiplexing. (C) 2010 Optical Society of Americ