Liquid crystal infiltrated waveguide with distributed Bragg reflectors

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1471-1477

  Cai, Dong Po ^a   Pan, Hung Yi ^a   Tsai, Ji Fang ^a   Chiu, Hua Kung ^a   Nian, Shan Chi ^a   Chang, Sheng Hsiung ^a   Chen, Chii Chang ^a   Lee, Chien Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BRAGG REFLECTORS; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; REFLECTION; WAVEGUIDES;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; DYNAMIC CONTROLS; ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE; EXTERNAL VOLTAGES; FILTER CHARACTERISTICS; VISIBLE LIGHT REGION; WHITE LIGHT; WHITE LIGHT SOURCES;

WAVEGUIDE FILTERS;

EID: 84862201728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.1.001471     Document Type: Article

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