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Liquid crystal photonic crystal fiber

Abstract

A new class of hybrid photonic crystal fibers infiltrated with liquid crystals offers novel functionalities and ultimately takes full advantage of the different waveguiding effects demonstrated today. Among the most interesting possibilities, we demonstrate 'distributed' tunable filter and switching functionalities operating by the photonic bandgap effect.

Keywords:
Photonic crystal Photonic-crystal fiber Materials science Optoelectronics Yablonovite Liquid crystal Microstructured optical fiber Photonics Optical fiber Optical filter Photonic bandgap Optics Fiber Photonic integrated circuit Plastic optical fiber Fiber optic sensor Composite material Physics

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Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Optical Network Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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