• DocumentCode
    3637335
  • Title

    Temperature and strain-tunable microresonators in liquid crystal droplets

  • Author

    Matjaž Humar;Igor Muŝeviŝ

  • Author_Institution
    J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Nematic liquid crystal droplets labeled with a fluorescent dye and embedded in a polymer were used as whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) resonators. The modes can be tuned using either electric field, temperature or strain. Here we show that temperature and strain tuning range is of the order of several tens of nanometers. Liquid crystal droplets can be used as very sensitive temperature and strain sensors.
  • Keywords
    "Microcavities","Liquid crystals","Temperature sensors","Liquid crystal displays","Liquid crystal polymers","Tellurium","Capacitive sensors","Fluorescence","Optical resonators","Photonic crystals"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7799-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549306
  • Filename
    5549306
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3637335