Compact design of an electrically tunable and rotatable polarizer based on a liquid crystal photonic bandgap fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1633-1635

  Wei, Lei ^a   Alkeskjold, Thomas Tanggaard ^b   Bjarklev, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fabrication; Liquid crystals (LCs); Optical fiber devices; Polarization

Indexed keywords

COMPACT DESIGNS; ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE; FIBER COUPLINGS; IN-FIBER DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIO; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

ENERGY GAP; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 70350397383     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2028156     Document Type: Article

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