Characterization of liquid crystal coated photonic crystal fiber interferometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7726, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Rajan, Ginu ^a   Mathews, Sunish ^a   Farrell, Gerald ^a   Semenova, Yuliya ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

liquid crystal; Photonic crystal fiber interferometer

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS; MICRON SIZE; SENSING APPLICATIONS; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TEMPERATURE STUDY;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 77953800945     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.854262     Document Type: Conference Paper

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