Polarization effects in photonic liquid crystal fibers.

Autor: Tomasz R Woli, awomir Ertman, Aleksandra Czapla, Piotr Lesiak, Katarzyna Nowecka, Andrzej W Doma, Edward Nowinowski, Roman Dabrowski, Jan W
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Zdroj: Measurement Science & Technology; Oct2007, Vol. 18 Issue 10, p3061-3069, 9p
Abstrakt: In this paper we present experimental results of polarization properties of photonic liquid crystal fibers, also with permanent anisotropy achieved by using photo-aligning layers within the micro holes. Single-polarization propagation has been demonstrated in three ways: either by application of an external electric field, by using special aligning layers or by using an anisotropic host--commercially available highly birefringent Blazephotonics photonic crystal fiber infiltrated with liquid crystals. The possibility of thermal birefringence tuning in photonic liquid crystal fibers by using low-birefringence liquid crystals is also presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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