Title :
Polarization properties of liquid-crystal infiltrated photonic crystal fibers
Author :
Zografopoulos, Dimitrios C. ; Kriezis, Emmanouil E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
Abstract :
The polarization properties of photonic crystal fibers infiltrated by nematic liquid crystals are investigated for various structural and material parameters. It is demonstrated that by proper design single-polarization or controllable highly-birefringent light guidance can be achieved. In addition, such favourable polarization properties may also be dynamically tuned via the application of an external field or the variation of the operating temperature.
Keywords :
birefringence; holey fibres; nematic liquid crystals; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; birefringent light guidance; infiltrated photonic crystal fibers; material parameters; nematic liquid crystals; polarization properties; structural parameters; Birefringence; Crystalline materials; Dispersion; Liquid crystal devices; Liquid crystals; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical propagation; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; highly-birefringent fibers; nematic liquid crystals; photonic crystal fibers; single-polarization fibers; tuneable devices;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2625-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2626-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598576
