Liquid crystal molecular orientation in photonic liquid crystal fibers with photopolymer layers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6587, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ertman, Slawomir ^a   Woliński, Tomasz R ^a   Czapla, Aleksandra ^a   Nowecka, Katarzyna ^a   Nowinowski Kruszelnicki, Edward ^b   Wójcik, Jan ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Microstructured optical fibers; Photo alignment; Photonic crystal fibers; Photopolymers; Polyvinylcinnamate

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOPOLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL FIBERS (PLCF); POLYVINYLCINNAMATE (PVCI);

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 36249002248     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.723790     Document Type: Conference Paper

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