Integrated optics devices based on liquid crystals

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 465, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 249-257

  Beccherelli, Romeo ^a   Bellini, Bob ^a   Donisi, Domenico ^b   D'Alessandro, Antonio ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Integrated optic polarizers; Optical waveguides; Packaging; Silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTIC POLARIZERS; SILICON PHOTONICS; WAVEGUIDING DEVICES;

ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; ETCHING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SILICA;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34247357874     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400701206089     Document Type: Article

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