Low voltage tunable in-line channel dropping filter using liquid crystal waveguide overlays

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 985-986

  Mauchline, I S ^a   Madden, W I ^b   Johnstone, W ^b  

^a OptoSci Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electro optical devices; Fibre optics; Liquid crystal devices; Optical filters

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LASER TUNING; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CHANNEL DROPPING FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0031139383     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970631     Document Type: Article

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