Liquid-crystal polarization controller arrays on planar waveguide circuits

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 504-506

  Hirabayashi, Katsuhiko ^a   Amano, Chikara ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Modulator; Planar lightwave circuit; Polarization control; Polarization division multiplexing; Polarization mode dispersion; Switch

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MULTIPLEXING; WAVEGUIDES;

PLANAR WAVEGUIDE CIRCUITS (PLC); POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION (PMD);

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0036539012     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.992592     Document Type: Article

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