Liquid-crystal applications in optical telecommunication

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5003, Issue , 2003, Pages 121-129

  Mao, Chongchang ^a   Xu, Ming ^a   Feng, Wei ^a   Huang, Tizhi ^a   Wu, Kuangyi ^a   Liu, Jianyu ^a  

^a Chorum Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Optical components; Optical equalizers; Optical switches; Optical variable attenuators; WDM

Indexed keywords

EQUALIZERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL COMPONENTS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0043170820     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.476156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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