Photonic Crystal Fibers infiltrated with Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

Authors

  • Daniel Budaszewski Faculty of Physics
  • Tomasz R. Woliński Faculty of Physics
  • Morten Geday Departamento de Tecnología Fotónica, ETSI Telecomunicatión, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • José Manuel Otón Departamento de Tecnología Fotónica, ETSI Telecomunicatión, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v2i3.141

Abstract

In the letter we present preliminary results of research on thermal and electrical tunability of photonic crystal fibers (PCF) infiltrated with ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) molecules. From this combination we expect new spectral properties to be observed, mainly due to the fast switching time of FLC molecules that can lead to the design of a new kind of optical filters. We have also obtained promising results about the spectral properties of photonic ferroelectric liquid crystal fibers (PFLCF), as well as orientation of FLC molecules inside PCF microholes.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Budaszewski, Faculty of Physics

Optics and Photonics Division,

Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology.

Morten Geday, Departamento de Tecnología Fotónica, ETSI Telecomunicatión, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid


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2010-10-01

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D. Budaszewski, T. R. Woliński, M. Geday, and J. M. Otón, “Photonic Crystal Fibers infiltrated with Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 2, no. 3, pp. pp. 110–112, Oct. 2010.

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