Electrically and mechanically induced long period gratings in liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 7901-7912

  Noordegraaf, Danny ^a   Scolari, Lara ^a   Lsegsgaard, Jesper ^a   Rindorf, Lars ^a   Alkeskjold, Thomas Tanggaard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; RESONANCE; WAVELENGTH;

FIBER CLADDING; INDEX GUIDING FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF); RESONANCE WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34250812438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007901     Document Type: Article

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