All-optical modulation in dye-doped nematic liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5857-5871

  Alkeskjold, Thomas Tanggaard ^a   Lægsgaard, Jesper ^a   Bjarklev, Anders ^a   Hermann, David Sparre ^b   Anawati, ^b   Broeng, Jes ^c   Li, Jun ^d   Wu, Shin Tson ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS;

MICROSTRUCTURE DEVICES; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL TUNING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 10444252656     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.005857     Document Type: Article

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