Electrically tunable photonic bandgap guidance in a liquid-crystal-filled photonic crystal fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 819-821

  Haakestad, Magnus W ^a   Alkeskjold, T T ^b   Nielsen, M D ^c   Scolari, L ^b,d   Riishede, J ^b   Engan, Helge E ^a   Bjarklev, A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrooptic modulation; Liquid crystals; Optical fiber devices; Periodic structures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ELECTROOPTIC MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 17644399815     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.842793     Document Type: Article

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