Polarization effects in photonic liquid crystal fibers

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3061-3069

  Woliński, Tomasz R ^a   Ertman, Sławomir ^a   Czapla, Aleksandra ^a   Lesiak, Piotr ^a   Nowecka, Katarzyna ^a   Domański, Andrzej W ^a   Nowinowski Kruszelnicki, Edward ^b   Dabrowski, Roman ^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 fibers; Photo alignment; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Polarization in optical fibers

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; POLARIZATION;

MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; PHOTO-ALIGNMENT; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; POLARIZATION;

EID: 36749091766     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/10/S03     Document Type: Article

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