Photonic crystal fiber with a dual-frequency addressable liquid crystal: Behavior in the visible wavelength range

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 19375-19381

  Lorenz, A ^a   Kitzerow, H S ^a   Schwuchow, A ^b   Kobelke, J ^b   Bartelt, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

DUAL-FREQUENCY ADDRESSING; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; MICRO-STRUCTURED CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURES; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE; VISIBLE-WAVELENGTH RANGE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 56149121235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019375     Document Type: Article

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