Temperature effect on the light propagation in a tapered optical fiber with a twisted nematic liquid crystal cladding

Authors

  • Joanna Korec Military University of Technology Institute of Applied Physics
  • Karol Antoni Stasiewicz Military University of Technology Institute of Applied Physics
  • Leszek Roman Jaroszewicz Military University of Technology Institute of Applied Physics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v11i1.881

Abstract

This paper presents the influence of temperature on optical power spectrum propagated in a tapered optical fiber with twisted nematic liquid crystal cladding (TOF-TNLCC) modulated by an electric field. The measurements were performed for a liquid crystal cell with the twisted orientation of ITO layers, filled with E7 mixture. The induced reorientation of liquid crystal (LC) n-director was measured for visible and near-infrared wavelength range [550-1100 nm] at the electric field range of 0–160 V and temperature range of 20-60 °C. The relation between temperature and the optical power spectrum of the investigated device has been established.

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2019-04-03

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J. Korec, K. A. Stasiewicz, and L. R. Jaroszewicz, “Temperature effect on the light propagation in a tapered optical fiber with a twisted nematic liquid crystal cladding”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 16–18, Apr. 2019.

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