Tunable polarization properties of hybrid-guiding liquid-crystal photonic crystal fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 773-779

  Zografopoulos, Dimitrios C ^a   Kriezis, Emmanouil E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Highly birefringent fibers; Nematic liquid crystals; Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs); Single polarization fibers

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FIBERS; HYBRID MATERIALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION;

FORMATION MECHANISM; HIGHLY BIREFRINGENT FIBER; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; SINGLE POLARIZATION; SINGLE POLARIZATION FIBER; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 65649139658     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.928186     Document Type: Article

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