Design and performance of a versatile holographic liquid-crystal wavelength-selective optical switch

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2405-2411

  Fracasso, B ^a   De Bougrenet de la Tocnaye, J L ^a   Razzak, M ^a   Uche, C ^a,b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Holographic gratings; Liquid crystal (LC) devices; Optical switches; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT MODULATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0142227084     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.815512     Document Type: Article

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