Photonic liquid crystal fiber as a sensing element for electric field measurement

Author

Wolinski, Tomasz R. ; Ertman, Slawomir ; Czapla, A. ; Domanski, A.W. ; Wojcik, Jan ; Dabrowski, Roman ; Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, Edward

Author_Institution

Warsaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw

fYear

2007

fDate

1-3 May 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Photonic crystal fibers, optical fibers with regular structure of micro-holes running along the axial direction, have ability to change their optical properties through inserting different materials into their holes. In this paper we present influence of an external electric field on propagation properties of microstructured photonic crystal fibers filled with nematic liquid crystals i.e. Photonic Liquid Crystal Fibers (PLCFs) and we discuss possibilities of using PLCFs in electric field sensing and measurement applications.

Keywords

electric field measurement; fibre optic sensors; photonic crystals; electric field measurement; microstructured photonic crystal fibers; nematic liquid crystals; optical properties; photonic liquid crystal fiber sensing element; propagation properties; Electric variables measurement; Liquid crystals; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Solids; Electric field measurement; Liquid crystals; Optical distance measurement; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber measurement applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2007. IMTC 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Warsaw

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0588-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2007.379326

Filename

4258427