Time efficiency of the electric tuning of index-guiding photonic liquid crystal fiber

Agata Siarkowska; Slawomir Ertman; Tomasz R. Wolinski

doi:10.1117/12.2000229

15 October 2012 Time efficiency of the electric tuning of index-guiding photonic liquid crystal fiber

Agata Siarkowska, Slawomir Ertman, Tomasz R. Wolinski

Proceedings Volume 8454, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2012; 845411 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2000229
Event: Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2012, 2012, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

Properties of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) filled with nematic liquid crystals (LC) can be easily tuned by using an external electric field. In this work we focus on electrical tuning of index-guiding photonic liquid crystal fibers (PLCF) based on fibers made from multi-component glasses with an enhanced value of the refractive index. The impact of an electric field on light propagation in index guiding PLCFs has been carefully studied and the effective tuning of phase birefringence has been observed experimentally. The dependence of time response on the modulation level will be presented. In the end we will show polarization controller made with two pair of electrodes.

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Agata Siarkowska, Slawomir Ertman, and Tomasz R. Wolinski "Time efficiency of the electric tuning of index-guiding photonic liquid crystal fiber", Proc. SPIE 8454, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2012, 845411 (15 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2000229

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