A liquid crystal coated tapered photonic crystal fiber interferometer

Journal of Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

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

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal; Tapered PCF interferometer

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH INDEX; MICRON SIZE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; TAPERED PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE TUNING; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 78651492577     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/1/015403     Document Type: Article

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