Variable optical attenuator with a polymer-stabilized dual-frequency liquid crystal

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4394-4397

  Wu, Yung Hsun ^a   Liang, Xiao ^a   Lu, Yan Qing ^a   Du, Fang ^a   Lin, Yi Hsin ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYMERS; TRANSPARENCY; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS;

CELL GAPS; DECAY TIMES; DUAL FREQUENCY LIQUID CRYSTAL; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR (VOA);

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 22944456180     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004394     Document Type: Article

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