Polarization selective hologram-based photonic delay lines

Optics Communications

Volumn 157, Issue 1-6, 1998, Pages 225-237

  Madamopoulos, Nicholas ^a   Riza, Nabeel A ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay lines; Ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC); Microwave radar; Phased array antennas; Photonic beamformer; Polarization selective holograms; Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; HOLOGRAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RADAR; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

PHOTONIC BEAMFORMERS; PHOTONIC DELAY LINES (PDL); POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS (PDLC);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032304980     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00501-X     Document Type: Article

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