Diffractive properties of highly birefringent volume gratings: Investigation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-189

  Butler, James J ^a   Malcuit, Michalle S ^b   Rodriguez, Miguel A ^c  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

ANISOTROPIC VOLUME GRATINGS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0001322217     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.000183     Document Type: Article

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