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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453015
