Title :
Hybrid photonic crystal fiber selectively infiltrated with liquid crystal
Author :
Milenko, K. ; Wolinski, T.R. ; Shum, Perry Ping ; Hu, Dora Juan Juan ; Jun Long Lim ; Wang Yixin
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Phys., Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw, Poland
Abstract :
We present hybrid propagation in a photonic liquid crystal fiber (PLCF) fabricated by selective infiltration of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) air channels with a nematic liquid crystal (LC). Temperature tuning of the position of the photonic bandgaps is also demonstrated.
Keywords :
holey fibres; nematic liquid crystals; optical fibre fabrication; optical tuning; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; fiber fabrication; hybrid photonic liquid crystal fiber; hybrid propagation; nematic liquid crystal; photonic band gap; photonic crystal fiber air channels; selective infiltration; temperature tuning; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2012
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2513-4
DOI :
10.1109/PGC.2012.6458040
