Title :
Temperature stabilized electrically tunable long period gratings coated with nanosized liquid crystal layer
Author :
Luo, Haimei ; Li, Xinwan ; Wang, Shaoshi ; Chen, Jianping
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai
Abstract :
Electrical spectral tuning of long-period gratings (LPGs) coated with high refractive index liquid crystal (LC) layer is presented. Temperature is stabilized at 60degC to obtain a high sensitivity operating point. The tuning range is ~10 nm.
Keywords :
nematic liquid crystals; optical fibres; refractive index; electrical spectral tuning; high refractive index liquid crystal layer; nanosized liquid crystal layer; operating point; temperature 60 degC; temperature stabilized electrically tunable long period gratings; tuning range; Fiber gratings; Liquid crystals; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Temperature sensors; (050.2770) Gratings; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (230.2090) Electro-optical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
