Tunable wavelength filter using nano-sized droplets of liquid crystal

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 442-444

  Matsumoto, Shiro ^a   Hirabayashi, Katsuhiko ^a   Sakata, Seizou ^a   Hayashi, Takayoshi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

TUNABLE WAVELENGTH FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0033115822     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.752542     Document Type: Article

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