Directional electric field sensitivity of a liquid crystal infiltrated photonic crystal fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 408-410

  Mathews, S ^a   Farrell, G ^a   Semenova, Y ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Electric field sensing; liquid crystal (LC) infiltration; polarimetric sensing scheme; polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PCF); selective infiltration

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; DIRECTIONAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; DIRECTIONAL SENSITIVITY; POLARIMETRIC SENSING; POLARIZATION AXIS; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; SELECTIVE INFILTRATION; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FIBERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; SEEPAGE; SENSORS; SOIL MECHANICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 79952655565     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2107319     Document Type: Article

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