Electrically tunable liquid crystal waveguide attenuators

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 11890-11896

  Cai, Dong Po ^a   Nien, Shan Chi ^a   Chiu, Hua Kung ^a   Chen, Chii Chang ^a   Lee, Chien Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES;

1550 NM; CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CLADDING LAYER; ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES; INPUT LIGHT; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LOW DRIVING VOLTAGE; POLARIZATION STATE; SILICON SUBSTRATES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 79958225414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.011890     Document Type: Article

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