Azobenzene liquid-crystalline polymer for optical switching of grating waveguide couplers with a flat surfacea

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1040-1044

  Bang, Chong Uk ^a   Shishido, Atsushi ^a   Ikeda, Tomiki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azo polymer; Grating; Holography; Liquid crystalline polymer (LCP); Optical switching

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHY; LITHOGRAPHY; SWITCHING; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

GRATING WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; OPTICAL SWITCHING;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 34547908437     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200700041     Document Type: Article

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