Design and performance of a reconfigurable liquid-crystal-based optical add/drop multiplexer

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1674-1680

  Ertel, J ^a   Helbing, R ^a   Hoke, C ^a   Landolt, O ^a   Nishimura, K ^a   Robrish, Peter ^a   Trutna, R ^a  

^a AGILENT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal (LC) devices; Multiplexing; Optical communication; Optical fiber communication; Optical interconnections; Optical switches

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL (LC) DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; REFLECTIVE LIQUID-CRYSTAL MODULATOR;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33645861682     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.871025     Document Type: Article

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