Broadband Thermo-Optic Switching Effect Based on Liquid Crystal Infiltrated Photonic Crystal Fibers

被引：27
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作者：
Sun, Bing [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Huang, Yijian [1 ]
Luo, Dan [4 ]
Wang, Chao [1 ]
He, Jun [1 ]
Liao, Changrui [1 ]
Yin, Guolu [1 ]
Zhou, Jiangtao [1 ]
Liu, Shen [1 ]
Zhao, Jing [1 ]
Wang, Yiping [1 ]
机构：
[1] Shenzhen Univ, Key Lab Optoelect Devices & Syst, Minist Educ & Guangdong Prov, Coll Optoelect Engn, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China
[2] Wuhan Inst Technol, Lab Opt Informat Technol, Wuhan 430073, Peoples R China
[3] Wuhan Inst Technol, Sch Sci, Wuhan 430073, Peoples R China
[4] South Univ Sci & Technol China, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
来源：
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL | 2015年 / 7卷 / 04期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金; 中国博士后科学基金;
关键词：
Optical switching; photonic crystal fiber; liquid crystal; temperature; DEVICES; COMPACT;
D O I：
10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2449732
中图分类号：
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号：
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要：
We demonstrate a liquid-crystal-filled photonic crystal fiber (PCF) and investigate its temperature response with a unique liquid crystal (LC) clearing point of 58 degrees C. Opposite temperature responses are observed at the temperature that is lower and higher than the LC's clearing point, respectively. Such a LC-filled PCF could be used to develop a promising optical switch with a broadband operation range of 102.5 nm via a small temperature change of less than 1.5 degrees C. Moreover, the LC-filled PCF exhibited an ultrahigh temperature sensitivity of 105 nm/degrees C and could find potential applications in the field of temperature sensors.
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