Title :
Highly tunable large core single-mode liquid crystal photonic bandgap fiber
Author :
Alkeskjold, Thomas T. ; Lægsgaard, Jesper ; Bjarklev, Anders ; Hermann, D.S. ; Broeng, Jes ; Li, Jun ; Gauza, Sebastian ; Wu, Shin-Tson
Author_Institution :
COM.DTU Dept. of Commun., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
Abstract :
We demonstrate a highly tunable photonic bandgap fiber, which has a core diameter of 25 mm, and a bandgap tuning sensitivity of 27 nm/degC at room temperature. The insertion loss is estimated to be less than 0.5 dB.
Keywords :
liquid crystals; micro-optics; optical fibre losses; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; bandgap tuning; highly tunable fiber; large core fiber; liquid crystal fiber; photonic bandgap fiber; photonic crystal fibers; room temperature sensitivity; single-mode fiber; size 2 mum; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Liquid crystals; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Optical tuning; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Temperature sensors; (060.2340) Fiber optics components; (230.3990) Microstructure devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627627
