Reversible photo-induced long-period fiber gratings in photonic liquid crystal fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 6756-6761

  Liou, Jia Hong ^a   Chang, Tin Hao ^a   Lin, Ta ^a   Yu, Chin Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BLUE LASERS; LASER ILLUMINATION; LASER IRRADIATIONS; LIQUID-CRYSTAL FIBERS; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; NEMATIC LC; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTOINDUCED ISOMERIZATION; PHOTORESPONSIVE LIQUID CRYSTALS; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 79953225867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.006756     Document Type: Article

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