Abstract
We report an all-optical controlled variable optical attenuator using a photochromic sol gel material. Optical attenuation is achieved in a waveguide based Mach-Zehnder interferometric device configuration through phase modulation by means of sol gel photochromism.
© 2005 Optical Society of America
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