Liquid-crystal-deflector based variable fiber-optic attenuator

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 3449-3455

  Riza, Nabeel A ^a   Khan, Sajjad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PERMITTIVITY; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; THROUGHPUT; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BEAM SPOILING; LIQUID CRYSTALS (LC); RESPONSE TIME; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS (VOA);

FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS;

EID: 3042677397     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003449     Document Type: Article

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