Electro-optic routing in a nematic liquid-crystal waveguide

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4136-4143

  Asquini, Rita ^a   Fratalocchi, Andrea ^b   D'Alessandro, Antonio ^a   Assanto, Gaetano ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM NIOBATE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ELECTRO-OPTIC CRYSTALS; ELECTRO-OPTIC ROUTING; GUIDE PLANES; NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 22144459763     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004136     Document Type: Article

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