Index guiding photonic liquid crystal fibers for application in fiber optic sensing setups

Slawomir Ertman; Marzena M. Tefelska; Milosz S. Chychlowski; Dariusz Pysz; Ryszard Buczynski; Edward Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki; Roman Dabrowski; Tomasz R. Wolinski

doi:10.1117/12.886082

17 May 2011 Index guiding photonic liquid crystal fibers for application in fiber optic sensing setups

Slawomir Ertman, Marzena M. Tefelska, Milosz S. Chychlowski, Dariusz Pysz, Ryszard Buczynski, Edward Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, Roman Dabrowski, Tomasz R. Wolinski

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Proceedings Volume 7753, 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors; 775342 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886082
Event: 21st International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS21), 2011, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

Photonic liquid crystal fibers (PLCFs) can be categorized in two principal groups: index guiding PLCFs and photonic bandgap PLCFs. In this paper we focus on index guiding PLCFs in which effective refractive index of the micro-structured cladding filled with liquid crystal is lower than refractive index of the fiber core. In such fibers broadband propagation of light is observed and also effective tuning of guiding properties is possible (i.e. birefringence, polarization dependent losses or attenuation tuning). Such fibers could be used for dynamic control of light in various fiber optics systems, including optical fiber sensing setups.

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Slawomir Ertman, Marzena M. Tefelska, Milosz S. Chychlowski, Dariusz Pysz, Ryszard Buczynski, Edward Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, Roman Dabrowski, and Tomasz R. Wolinski "Index guiding photonic liquid crystal fibers for application in fiber optic sensing setups", Proc. SPIE 7753, 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 775342 (17 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886082

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