Analytical method for band structure calculation of photonic crystal fibers filled with liquid crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 6668-6674

  Hu, Juan Juan ^a   Ren, Guobin ^a   Shum, Ping ^a   Yu, Xia ^a   Wang, Guanghui ^a   Lu, Chao ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; LIQUID CRYSTAL INFILTRATIONS;

BAND STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; FIBER OPTICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON;

FIBER OPTICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONS;

EID: 43049128211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.006668     Document Type: Article

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