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Electrically tunable photonic bandgap guidance in a liquid-crystal-filled photonic crystal fiber
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 2005 · Vol. 17(4) · pp. 819–821
Magnus W. Haakestad✉(Norwegian University of Science and Technology)Thomas Tanggaard Alkeskjold(Technical University of Denmark)M.D. Nielsen(Fiberline Composites (Denmark))Lara Scolari(University of Bologna)Jesper Riishede(Technical University of Denmark)Helge E. Engan(Norwegian University of Science and Technology)Anders Bjarklev(Technical University of Denmark)
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.
Photonic Crystal and Fiber OpticsOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Fiber Laser TechnologiesPhotonic crystalMaterials sciencePhotonic-crystal fiberLiquid crystalOptoelectronicsElectric fieldBand gapMicrostructured optical fiberPhotonic bandgapMillisecond
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