Anisotropic layers in waveguides for mode tuning and tunable filtering

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6135, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Abdulhalim, I ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Liquid crystals optics; Magnetooptic media; Tunable filters; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; MULTILAYERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILTERS; TUNING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; LIQUID CRYSTALS OPTICS; MAGNETOOPTIC MEDIA; MULTILAYERED WAVEGUIDES; TUNABLE FILTERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 33745789407     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.660572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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