Blue-phase liquid crystal cored optical fiber array with photonic bandgaps and nonlinear transmission properties

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4319-4327

  Khoo, Iam Choon ^a   Hong, Kuan Lung ^a   Zhao, Shuo ^a   Ma, Ding ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

BLUE PHASIS; BROAD-BAND LASERS; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; ELECTROOPTICAL PROPERTIES; FIBER ARRAY; FOCAL PLANE; HIGH QUALITY IMAGES; LASER INDUCED; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBER ARRAYS; OPTICAL LIMITING; OPTICAL LIMITING APPLICATIONS; PROPAGATION MODE; SELF-DEFOCUSING; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WHITE-LIGHT CONTINUUM;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

COLOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 84874544730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.004319     Document Type: Article

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