Large-area Fabry-Perot modulator based on electro-optic polymers

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 6235-6239

  Benter, Nils ^a   Bertram, Ralph Peter ^a   Soergel, Elisabeth ^a   Buse, Karsten ^a   Apitz, Dirk ^b   Jacobsen, Laerke Bang ^b   Johansen, Peer Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SVENDBORG INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ACADEMY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

DIELECTRIC MIRRORS; FABRY-PEROT MODULATOR; MODULATION EFFICIENCY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 27844585352     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.006235     Document Type: Article

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