Pinzón Castillo, Plinio JesúsPérez Garcilópez, Antonia IsabelVázquez Rufino, IsabelSánchez-Pena, José Manuel2016-03-042016-03-042013-09The 22nd International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers (POF 2013): Proceedings, pp. 89-94https://hdl.handle.net/10016/22458The proceeding at: 22nd International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers (POF 2013), took place in 2013 September,11-13, in Armação dos Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, (Brasil). The event Web site at: http://www.pof2013.org.br/ .In this work, the optimized design of a broadband 1×2 liquid crystal (LC) optical switch (OS) is presented. The design is based on a polarization rotator (PR), which is composed of two nematic LC cells. The azimuth angle and thickness of each LC cell is obtained with a simple computational optimization approach, with performance comparable with more complex existing procedures. The LC-OS is capable to route, in a uniform way, optical signals in the visible spectral range (400 nm - 700 nm) with low thermal dependence in the range from 15ºC to 40ºC, making it ideal for wavelength division multiplexing applications in POF systems.5application/pdfeng© 2013 Plastic Optical Fiber Trade OrganizationAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 EspañaOptical switchpolarization rotatorliquid crystal devicescomputational optimization.conference paperElectrónicaIngeniería IndustrialÓpticaopen access8994The 22nd International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibers (POF 2013): ProceedingsCC/0000021980