TE and TM modes power transmission through liquid crystal optical fibers

Optik

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 49-56

  Choudhury, P K ^a   Yoshino, T ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EM wave propagation; Liquid crystal fibers; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL SECTIONS; POWER CONFINEMENT; RADIAL ANISOTROPY;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2942623880     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0030-4026-00333     Document Type: Article

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