Title :
Optically tunable fiber attenuators based on photonic liquid crystal Fibers
Author :
Liou, Jia-hong ; Yu, Chin-Ping
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate an optically tunable fiber attenuator by selectively infiltrating a photoresponsive liquid crystal mixture into a photonic crystal fiber. With 4-second blue-laser irradiation, the optically tunable attenuation can be increased to 26 dB.
Keywords :
holey fibres; liquid crystals; optical attenuators; optical tuning; photonic crystals; blue-laser irradiation; optically tunable attenuation; optically tunable fiber attenuators; photonic liquid crystal fibers; photoresponsive liquid crystal mixture; time 4 s; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical refraction; Optical variables control;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276630
