Tunable light propagation in photonic crystal coupler filled with liquid crystal

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-57

  Yasuda, Takuro ^a   Tsuji, Yasuhide ^a   Koshiba, Masanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Directional coupler; Liquid crystal (LC); Photonic crystal (PC); Switching device

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CLADDING (COATING); CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL COUPLER; SWITCHING OPERATION; TUNABLE LIGHT PROPAGATION;

WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

EID: 12344260741     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.837723     Document Type: Article

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