A study of LC-based sub-wavelength diffractive optical element structures for optical cross-connect applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4457, Issue , 2001, Pages 20-30

  Apter, Boris ^a   Acco, Shy ^a   Efron, Uzi ^a  

^a HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beam Steering; Diffractive optical element; Fringing field effect; Liquid crystal; Sub wavelength diffraction grating

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSPARENCY;

DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT STRUCTURES; FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; OPTICAL CROSS-CONNECT APPLICATIONS; PHASE DYNAMICS; REFLECTIVE BLAZED GRATING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0035761820     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.447757     Document Type: Article

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