Liquid crystal waveguide devices

2011 7th International Workshop on Fibre and Optical Passive Components, WFOPC2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  D'Alessandro, Antonio ^a   Asquini, Rita ^a   Trotta, Marco ^a   Beccherelli, Romeo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

electro optic effect; integrated optics; liquid crystals; nonlinear optics; optical waveguides

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDES; DRIVING POWER; ELECTROOPTIC EFFECTS; EXTINCTION RATIOS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICES; OPTICAL POWER; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATORS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84856204273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/wfopc.2011.6089671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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