Active U-turn electrooptic switch formed in patterned holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystals

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 685-687

  Qi, Jun ^a   Xianyu, Haiqing ^a   Liang, Jianhua ^a   Crawford, Gregory P ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

Holographic optical components; Liquid crystal devices; Optical gratings; Optical switches

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ELECTROOPTIC SWITCH; HOLOGRAPHIC POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; INDEX MODULATION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0038529689     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809980     Document Type: Article

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