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2 February 2011 Liquid crystal photonic crystal fibers and their applications
T. R. Woliński, S. Ertman, D. Budaszewski, M. Chychłowski, A. Czapla, R. Dabrowski, A. W. Domański, P. Mergo, E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, K. A. Rutkowska, M. Sierakowski, M. Tefelska
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Proceedings Volume 7955, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies VI; 795502 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885527
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
Liquid Crystal Photonic Crystal Fibers (LC-PCFs) known also as Photonic Liquid Crystal Fibers (PLCFs) are advanced specialty fibers that benefit from a combination of "passive" photonic crystal fiber host microstructures infiltrated with "active" liquid crystal guest materials and are responsible for a diversity of new and uncommon spectral, propagation, and polarization properties. This combination has simultaneously reinvigorated research in both fields of Liquid Crystals Photonics and Fiber Optics by demonstrating that optical fibers can be more "special" than previously thought. Simultaneously, photonic liquid crystal fibers create a new class of optical waveguides that utilizes unique guiding properties of the micro-structured photonic crystal fibers and attractive tunable properties of liquid crystals. Comparing to the conventional photonic crystal fibers, the photonic liquid crystal fibers can demonstrate greatly improved control over their optical properties. The paper describes basic physics including guiding mechanisms, spectral properties, polarization phenomena, thermal, electrical and optical controlling effects as well as innovative emerging technology behind these developments. Some examples of novel LC-PCFs highly tunable photonic devices as: attenuators, broadband filters, polarizers, waveplates, and phase shifters recently demonstrated at the Warsaw University of Technology are also presented. Current research progress in the field indicates that a new class of emerging liquid crystals tunable photonics devices could be expected.
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T. R. Woliński, S. Ertman, D. Budaszewski, M. Chychłowski, A. Czapla, R. Dabrowski, A. W. Domański, P. Mergo, E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, K. A. Rutkowska, M. Sierakowski, and M. Tefelska "Liquid crystal photonic crystal fibers and their applications", Proc. SPIE 7955, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies VI, 795502 (2 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885527
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KEYWORDS
Liquid crystals
Photonic crystal fibers
Photonic devices
Photonic liquid crystal fibers
Polarization
Birefringence
Refractive index
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