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

2005; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 17; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/lpt.2004.842793

1941-0174

Magnus W. Haakestad, Thomas Tanggaard Alkeskjold, M.D. Nielsen, Lara Scolari, Jesper Riishede, Helge E. Engan, Anders Bjarklev,

Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

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.