Design and characterization of a plastic optical fiber active coupler

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1578-1580

  Zubia, J ^a   Irusta, U ^a   Arrue, J ^a   Aguirre, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Optical fiber coupler; Optical switch; Plastic optical fiber; POF

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS (POF);

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0032208477     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.726755     Document Type: Article

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