Liquid-crystal-based in-fiber tunable spectral structures

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Zalevsky, Zeev ^a   Luan, Feng ^a   Wadsworth, William J ^a   Saval, Sergio Leon ^a   Birks, Tim A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filters; In fiber devices; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; FIBERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

IN-FIBER DEVICES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; TUNABLE FILTERS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33748622011     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2181847     Document Type: Article

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