Electro-optic modulation in an anisotropic artificial Kerr medium

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2587-2590

  Kralik, John C ^a,b   Malcuit, Michelle S ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Reveo Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial Kerr media; Electro optic modulator; Lyotropic liquid crystal; Polytetrafluoroethylene

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATORS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHASE SHIFT;

ARTIFICIAL KERR MEDIA; INTENSITY MODULATORS; LYOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROPARTICLES; PHASE MODULATORS; SWITCHING VOLTAGE;

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

EID: 0030146487     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002587     Document Type: Article

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