Title :
Electric field induced polarization effects in AgPO3/silica photonic bandgap fiber
Author :
Konidakis, Ioannis ; Pissadakis, Stavros
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron. Struct. & Laser (IESL), Found. for Res. & Technol.-Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece
Abstract :
In this paper we report on the application of external electric field and its effect on the guiding properties of composite AgPO3-glass/silica photonic bandgap fibers. The electrical field applied induces silver clustering and polarisation effects in the soft phosphate glass inclusion, leading to the formation of silver induced plasmonic band at the short length guiding region. Transmission characteristics of the composite photonic crystal fibers revealed introduction of various polarization states upon exposure of fibers on external electric field.
Keywords :
composite materials; electric field effects; holey fibres; photon polarisation; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; plasmonics; AgPO3; composite photonic crystal fibers; electric field induced polarization effects; glass photonic bandgap fiber; short length guiding region; silica photonic bandgap fiber; silver clustering; silver induced plasmonic band; soft phosphate glass inclusion; transmission characteristics; Electric fields; Glass; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Plasmons; Silicon compounds; Silver; electric field; phosphate glass; photonic bandgap fiber; silver plasmon; thermal poling;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cartagena
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602968
