Loss-reduced photonic liquid-crystal fiber by using photoalignment method

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 4846-4850

  Chen, Ching Hsiang ^a   Lee, Chun Hong ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; AZO DYES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

ANCHORING FORCES; CAPILLARY SURFACE; ELECTRICAL FIELD; FAST DYNAMIC RESPONSE; PHOTOINDUCED ALIGNMENT; PHOTONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL FIBERS; SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 77957552927     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.004846     Document Type: Article

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