Integrating liquid crystal based optical devices in photonic crystal fibers

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 12-13, 2007, Pages 1009-1019

  Alkeskjold, Thomas Tanggaard ^a   Scolari, Lara ^a   Noordegraaf, Danny ^a   Lægsgaard, Jesper ^a   Weirich, Johannes ^a   Wei, Lei ^a   Tartarini, Giovanni ^b   Bassi, Paolo ^b   Gauza, Sebastian ^c   Wu, Shin Tson ^c   Bjarklev, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber devices; Liquid crystals devices; Photonic crystal fibers

Indexed keywords

FIBER DEVICES; LIQUID CRYSTALS DEVICES; PHOTONIC BANDGAPS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

ENERGY GAP; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 43249110713     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-007-9139-8     Document Type: Article

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