Light-controllable photoresponsive liquid-crystal photonic crystal fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 12670-12676

  Hsiao, Vincent K S ^a   Ko, Chang Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CLADDING STRUCTURES; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL FIELD; OUTPUT INTENSITY; PHOTO-RESPONSIVE; PHOTORESPONSIVE LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 50049131388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012670     Document Type: Article

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