• DocumentCode
    3012370
  • Title

    Tunable Photonic Crystal Fiber Couplers Infiltrated with Highly-Thermo-Responsive Liquid Crystal Substances

  • Author

    Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Florous, Nikolaos John ; Varsheney, Shailendra ; Koshiba, Masanori

  • Author_Institution
    Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We theoretically address the thermo-optical response of multi-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) couplers infiltrated with nematic liquid crystals (LCs). The enhanced thermo-optical properties of LC-based PCF couplers are highly attractive for photo-thermal sensing applications.
  • Keywords
    nematic liquid crystals; optical couplers; photonic crystals; photothermal effects; thermo-optical devices; thermo-optical effects; highly-thermo-responsive liquid crystal substance; multi-core photonic crystal fiber couplers; nematic liquid crystal; photo-thermal sensing; thermo-optical response; tunable photonic crystal fiber coupler; Band pass filters; Couplers; Filtering; Lattices; Liquid crystals; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Photonic crystal fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453015
  • Filename
    4453015