Tunable properties of light propagation in photonic liquid crystal fibers

被引：3
作者：
Szaniawska, K.
Nasilowski, T.
Wolinski, T. R.
Thienpont, H.
机构：
[1] Warsaw Univ Technol, Fac Phys, PL-00662 Warsaw, Poland
[2] Vrije Univ Brussels, Dept Appl Phys & Photon, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
来源：
OPTO-ELECTRONICS REVIEW | 2006年 / 14卷 / 04期
关键词：
liquid crystals; photonic band gap; optical fibers; photonic crystal fibers;
D O I：
10.2478/s11772-006-0047-4
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：
Tunable properties of light propagation in photonic crystal fibers filled with liquid crystal, called photonic liquid crystal fibers (PLCFs) are presented. The propagation properties of PLCFs strongly depend on contrast between refractive indices of the solid core (pure silica glass) and liquid crystals (LCs)filing the holes of the fiber Due to relatively strong thermo-optical effect, we can change the refractive index of the LC by changing its temperature. Numerical analysis of light propagation in PLCF, based on two simulation methods, such as finite difference (FD) and multipole method (MM) is presented. The numerical results obtained are in good agreement with our earlier experimental results presented elsewhere [1].
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页数：5
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