Photonic delay line using electrically switched gratings in polymer dispersed liquid crystals

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3061-3065

  Riza, Nabeel A ^a,b   Madamopoulos, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SPIE   (United States)

Author keywords

Photonic time delay; Polymer dispersed liquid crystal; Switched gratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344920900     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601978     Document Type: Article

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