Polarization properties of elliptical-hole liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2522-2530

  Tartarini, Giovanni ^a,b   Pansera, Marco ^a,b   Tanggaard Alkeskjold, Thomas ^c   Bjarklev, Anders ^c   Bassi, Paolo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Emilia Romagna MIcro and Submicro Enabling Technologies Laboratory   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anisotropic materials; Finite element method (FEM); Leaky modes; Liquid crystals (LCs); Photonic bandgap (PBG); Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs)

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVELENGTH;

ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS; LEAKY MODES; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCFS);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34548656167     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.903545     Document Type: Article

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