In-line polarization controller based on liquid-crystal photonic crystal fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2560-2569

  Pitilakis, Alexandros K ^a   Zografopoulos, Dimitrios C ^b   Kriezis, Emmanouil E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beam propagation method (BPM); highly birefringent fibers; nematic liquid crystals (NLCs); photonic crystal fibers (PCFs); polarization controllers

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; COMPACT POLARIZATION; CROSS SECTION; DISPERSIVE PROPERTIES; DYNAMIC POLARIZATION; ELASTIC PROBLEMS; HIGHLY BIREFRINGENT FIBERS; IN-LINE; INDEX GUIDING; NEMATIC DIRECTOR; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCFS); POINCARE; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; POLARIZATION CONVERSION; STATE OF POLARIZATION; TUNABILITIES;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; CONTROLLERS; CROSSTALK; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; SPHERES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 80052043618     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2160523     Document Type: Article

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