We present here an optical add-drop filter (ADF) design based on ultra-compact photonic crystal ring resonators (PCRRs). The normalized transmission spectra for single-ring and dual-ring configurations have been investigated by using the two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique in a square lattice dielectric-rod photonic-crystal structure. With the introduction of four sca...

[60]Fulleropyrrolidine-containing poly(benzyl ether) dendrimers 1-4 were synthesized via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of amino acid and aldehyde derivatives and [60]fullerene. Their dielectric and electrooptical (Kerr effect) solution properties were studied and compared with poly(propyleneimine) dendrimers, namely DAB-dendr-(alkyl chain)n and DAB-dendr-(CN)n, and with known symmetrical and non-sy...

2014 One system exist which is capable of microsecond electrooptical switching in liquid crystals, on polarized light. It is the well-known SC* valve, which uses a volume smectic ferroelectric material and a weak surface anchoring. A new effect is presented which gives rise to localized polar surface instabilities. Some of these surface induced instabilities persist for high frequency (1 MHz) A...

3.7. Palladium Nanoparticles as Catalysts 888 3.8. Other Transition-Metal Complexes 888 3.9. Transition-Metal-Free Reactions 889 4. Applications 889 4.1. Alkynylation of Arenes 889 4.2. Alkynylation of Heterocycles 891 4.3. Synthesis of Enynes and Enediynes 894 4.4. Synthesis of Ynones 896 4.5. Synthesis of Carbocyclic Systems 897 4.6. Synthesis of Heterocyclic Systems 898 4.7. Synthesis of Nat...

We present a new switch architecture for optical burst switching networks that utilizes the just-in-time signaling protocol. Signaling is done out of band, with signaling messages undergoing electrooptical (EO) conversion at every hop while data, on the other hand, travels transparently through the configured path. The switch was implemented and deployed in advanced technology demonstration net...

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We develop a simple tensorial contraction method to obtain analytical formula for X-ray resonant magnetic scattering. We apply the method considering first electric dipole-dipole and electric quadrupolequadrupole scattering in the isolated atom approximation and compare the results with previous works. Then we apply the method to derive phenomenological original formulas which account also for ...

The properties and structure of de Vries materials in new series of organosiloxane liquid crystalline materials has been studied using electrooptical measurements and UV/V is spectroscopy. The compounds from this series show different strength of the de Vries phase. Two independent parameters to characterize de Vries properties were introduced. The structure-properties relations of these materi...

[reaction: see text] Electrooptical sensors consisting of a conjugated chromophore undergoing a change in color and a redox-active moiety such as quinone fused to the chromophore were synthesized. Strong changes in colorimetric and electrochemical properties were observed in the presence of inorganic anions. A unique anion-specific response was observed for fluoride, pyrophosphate, and acetate....