Electrically tunable photonic bandgap guidance in a liquid-crystal-filled photonic crystal fiber

被引：225

作者：

Haakestad, MW ^{[1
]}

Alkeskjold, TT

Nielsen, MD

Scolari, L

Riishede, J

Engan, HE

Bjarklev, A

机构：

[1] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Telecommun, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

[2] Tech Univ Denmark, Res Ctr, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

[3] Crystal Fiber AS, DK-3460 Birkerod, Denmark

[4] Tech Univ Denmark, Res Ctr COM, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark

[5] Univ Bologna, DEIS, Bologna, Italy

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2005年 / 17卷 / 04期

关键词：

electrooptic modulation; liquid crystals; optical fiber devices; periodic structures;

D O I：

10.1109/LPT.2004.842793

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 bandgap guidance is obtained by filling the holes of a solid core photonic crystal fiber with a nematic liquid crystal and applying an electric field. The response times are measured and found to be in the millisecond range.

引用

页码：819 / 821

页数：3

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