Modal properties of an index guiding nematic liquid crystal based photonic crystal fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4754-4762

  Hameed, Mohamed Farhat O ^a   Obayya, Salah S A ^a   Al Begain, Khalid ^a   Abo el Maaty, Moheb I ^b   Nasr, Abed M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anisotropic materials; Full vectorial finite difference method (FVFDM); Nematic liquid crystal; Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs); Soft glass

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS; ANISOTROPIC WAVEGUIDES; CONFINEMENT LOSS; EFFECTIVE INDEX; FLAT DISPERSION; FULL VECTORIAL FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD (FVFDM); FULL VECTORIAL FINITE DIFFERENCES; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; INDEX GUIDING; LOW LOSS; MODAL PROPERTIES; MODE AREA; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCFS); POLARIZED MODES; ROTATION ANGLES; SOFT GLASS;

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DISPERSIONS; FIBERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GLASS; LASER PULSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 70349425837     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2026489     Document Type: Article

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