Tunable Bragg peak response in liquid-crystal-infiltrated photonic crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 990-996

  Gaillot, Davy P ^a   Graugnard, Elton ^a   King, Jeffrey S ^a   Summers, Christopher J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; LASER TUNING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIQUID-CRYSTAL-INFILTRATED PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TUNABLE BRAGG;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 34248402914     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000990     Document Type: Article

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