• DocumentCode
    752726
  • Title

    Electrically tunable photonic bandgap guidance in a liquid-crystal-filled photonic crystal fiber

  • Author

    Haakestad, M.W. ; Alkeskjold, T.T. ; Nielsen, M.D. ; Scolari, L. ; Riishede, J. ; Engan, H.E. ; Bjarklev, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    819
  • Lastpage
    821
  • Abstract
    Tunable bandgap guidance is obtained by filling the holes of a solid core photonic crystal fiber with a nematic liquid crystal and applying an electric field. The response times are measured and found to be in the millisecond range.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical effects; high-speed optical techniques; nematic liquid crystals; optical fibre losses; optical modulation; optical tuning; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; electrically tunable photonic bandgap guidance; liquid-crystal-filled photonic crystal fiber; nematic liquid crystal; Electrodes; Filling; Liquid crystals; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Petroleum; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Silicon compounds; Voltage; Electrooptic modulation; liquid crystals; optical fiber devices; periodic structures;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.842793
  • Filename
    1411887
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=752726