Electro-optic multimode interference device using organic materials

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5404-5413

  Thapliya, Roshan ^a   Nakamura, Shigetoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Takashi ^a  

^a XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; ELECTRODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; ORGANIC MINERALS; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

ELECTRO OPTIC MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE DEVICE; OPTICAL ROBUSTNESS; OUTPUT OPTICAL POWER; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSSES;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33748709027     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.005404     Document Type: Article

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