Title :
High thermal and electrical tunability of negative dielectric liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers
Author :
Wei, Lei ; Scolari, Lara ; Weirich, Johannes ; Alkeskjold, Thomas T. ; Eskildsen, Lars ; Bjarklev, Anders
Author_Institution :
COMDTU Dept. of Commun., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
Abstract :
We infiltrate photonic crystal fibers with negative dielectric liquid crystals. 400 nm bandgap shift is obtained in the range 22degC-80degC and 119 nm shift of the long-wavelength bandgap edge is achieved by applying a voltage of 200Vrms.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; liquid crystals; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; bandgap shift; electrical tunability; negative dielectric liquid crystal; photonic bandgap fibers; photonic crystal fibers; temperature 22 C to 80 C; thermal tunability; voltage 200 V; wavelength 119 nm; wavelength 400 nm; Dielectric liquids; Liquid crystal devices; Liquid crystals; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; (060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers; (230.3720) Liquid-crystal devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
