External control of guided resonance in photonic crystal slab by changing the index anisotropy of liquid crystal

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6352 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Inoue, Naoko ^a   Baba, Toshihiko ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Guided resonance; Liquid crystal; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

GUIDED RESONANCE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL (PC) SLAB; RESONANT WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33845656841     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.691209     Document Type: Conference Paper

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