Readdressable interconnects with spatial soliton waveguides in liquid crystal light valves

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 694-696

  Piccardi, Armando ^a   Alberucci, Alessandro ^a   Bortolozzo, Umberto ^b   Residori, Stefania ^b   Assanto, Gaetano ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Light valves; Liquid crystals; Optical signal processing; Self focusing; Solitons

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXERS; LIGHT VALVES; LIQUID CRYSTAL LIGHT VALVE; NON-LINEARITY; SELF-FOCUSING; SPATIAL SOLITONS;

CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLITONS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 77951465661     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2043730     Document Type: Article

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