Compact electrically tunable waveplate based on liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers

Author

Wei, Lei ; Alkeskjold, Thomas Tanggaard ; Keller, Stephan Urs ; Lindhard, Jonas Michael ; Jensen, Helle Vendelbo ; Nielsen, Kristian ; Boisen, Anja ; Bjarklev, Anders

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A compact tunable waveplate based on negative dielectric liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers is presented. The birefringence can be tuned electrically to work as a quarter-wave or a half-wave plate in the wavelength range 1520 nm-1580 nm.

Keywords

electro-optical effects; holey fibres; liquid crystal devices; optical materials; photonic crystals; LCPBG fiber device; birefringence; compact electrically tunable waveplate; negative dielectric liquid crystal; photonic bandgap fiber; wavelength 1520 nm to 1580 nm; Birefringence; Electrodes; Liquid crystals; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Voltage; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers; (230.3720) Liquid-crystal devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225486