Tunable properties of liquid crystal filled photonic crystal fibers

Sunish Mathews; Yuliya Semenova; Ginu Rajan; Gerald Farrell

doi:10.1117/12.820113

27 April 2009 Tunable properties of liquid crystal filled photonic crystal fibers

Sunish Mathews, Yuliya Semenova, Ginu Rajan, Gerald Farrell

Proceedings Volume 7316, Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications VI; 73161E (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820113
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The electronic tunability of ferroelectric liquid crystal filled photonic crystal fibers is experimentally demonstrated in the wavelength range of 1500 nm - 1600 nm. The tunability is achieved by applying electric field onto the ferroelectric liquid crystal infiltrated photonic crystal fiber. Tuning of the fiber propagation properties is achieved due to re-orientation of ferroelectric liquid crystal molecules on the application of the applied electric field. Such fibers could find applications in the fabrication of fast, low loss, cost effective and highly efficient in-fiber tunable devices to be used in the telecom wavelength range.

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Sunish Mathews, Yuliya Semenova, Ginu Rajan, and Gerald Farrell "Tunable properties of liquid crystal filled photonic crystal fibers", Proc. SPIE 7316, Fiber Optic Sensors and Applications VI, 73161E (27 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820113

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