Title :
Hybrid photonic crystal fiber coupler infiltrated with liquid crystals
Author :
Hu, Dora Juan Juan ; Shum, Ping ; Lu, Chao ; Sun, Xiwen ; Ren, Guoben ; Yu, Xia ; Wang, Guanghui
Author_Institution :
Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
We theoretically investigate the thermally tunable photonic crystal fiber (PCF) coupler infiltrated with nematic liquid crystals. The thermo-optical responsive NLC offers thermal tunability of the fiber coupler. The proposed design can find promising sensor applications.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; finite element analysis; holey fibres; nematic liquid crystals; optical fibre couplers; optical sensors; photonic crystals; thermo-optical devices; hybrid photonic crystal fiber coupler; nematic liquid crystals; thermal tunability; thermo-optical device; Coupling circuits; Liquid crystals; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical frequency conversion; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Hybrid Photonic Crystal Fibers (PCF); nematic liquid crystal (NLC); tunable coupler;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771657
