On the propagation of power through liquid crystal clad optical fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5560, Issue , 2004, Pages 380-385

  Choudhury, P K ^a   Yoshino, T ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Kaisei Academy   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anisotropic mediums; Liquid crystal fibers

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; COUPLING DEVICES; FIBER CORES; LIQUID CRYSTAL FIBERS; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; POWER CHARACTERISTIC; PROPAGATION CONSTANT; RADIAL ANISOTROPY; RADIALLY ANISOTROPIC; TE AND TM MODES; THREE-LAYER;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

FIBERS;

EID: 79955611835     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.555748     Document Type: Conference Paper

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