• DocumentCode
    1567961
  • Title

    Tunable all-in-fiber waveplates based on negative dielectric liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers

  • Author

    Wei, L. ; Eskildsen, L. ; Weirich, J. ; Scolari, L. ; Alkeskjold, T.T. ; Bjarklev, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    39
  • Lastpage
    40
  • Abstract
    Tunable all-in-fiber waveplates based on negative dielectric liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers are presented. The birefringence can be tuned electrically and thermally to work as a quarter-wave or a half-wave plate in the range 1520 nm-1580 nm.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; holey fibres; liquid crystals; optical retarders; optical tuning; photonic band gap; birefringence; electrical tuning; half-wave plate; negative dielectric liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers; quarter-wave plate; thermal tuning; tunable all-in-fiber waveplates; wavelength 1520 nm to 1580 nm; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Dielectric liquids; Liquid crystals; Optical fiber polarization; Optical retarders; Page description languages; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688477
  • Filename
    4688477