High-speed infrared phase modulators using short helical pitch ferroelectric liquid crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7732-7740

  Lee, Ju Hyun ^a   Kim, Dong Woo ^b   Wu, Yung Hsun ^a   Yu, Chang Jae ^b   Lee, Sin Doo ^b   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE MODULATION;

FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL (FLC); PHASE MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 30344457595     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007732     Document Type: Article

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