Compact optical-fiber variable attenuator arrays with polymer-network liquid crystals

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 3509-3517

  Hirabayashi, Katsuhiko ^a   Wada, Masato ^a   Amano, Chikara ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ATTENUATOR ARRAYS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0000318275     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003509     Document Type: Article

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