Analysis of a liquid crystal fabry-perot etalon filter: A novel model

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 467-469

  Chen, Po Lun ^a   Lin, Kuen Cherng ^b   Chuang, Wei Ching ^c   Tzeng, Yen Chang ^d   Lee, Kun Yi ^b   Lee, Wei Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TATUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fabry perot interferometer; Filter; Liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ETALONS; MIRRORS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIELECTRIC MIRRORS; LIQUID CRYSTAL FABRY-PEROT ETALON FILTER;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0031123329     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.559390     Document Type: Article

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