Telecommunications applications of ferroelectric liquid-crystal smart pixels

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-45

  Mears, Robert J ^a,b,e,f,g   Crossland, William A ^b,c,f,h   Dames, Mark P ^b,d,i   Collington, James R ^b   Parker, Michael C ^b   Warr, Steve T ^b   Wilkinson, Timothy D ^b   Davey, Anthony B ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Nortel Res Department of Photonics

^d MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^e Pembroke College

^f Pembroke College ^*

^g OPTO+   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Optical Physics Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; SWITCHING NETWORKS;

FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL SMART PIXELS; TELECOMMUNICATION SWITCHING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0030114197     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.541873     Document Type: Article

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