Conference paper
Compact Electrically tunable Waveplate Based on Liquid Crystal Photonic Bandgap Fibers
Fiber Optics, Devices and Non-linear Effects, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
Nanoprobes Group, NanoSystemsEngineering Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark3
NanoSystemsEngineering Section, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark4
Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark5
Fiber Sensors & Supercontinuum, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark6
A compact tunable waveplate based on negative dielectric liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers is presented. The birefringence can be tuned electrically to work as a quarter-wave or a half-wave plate in the wavelength range 1520nm-1600nm.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 1-2 |
| Proceedings: | Conference on Lasers and Electro‐Optics (CLEO)/International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) |
| ISBN: | 1557528691 and 9781557528698 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| ORCIDs: | Keller, Stephan Urs and Boisen, Anja |
(060.5295) Photonic crystal fibers (230.3720) Liquid-crystal devices Birefringence Electrodes LCPBG fiber device Liquid crystals Optical fiber devices Optical fiber polarization Optical polarization Optical retarders Photonic bandgap fibers Photonic crystal fibers Voltage birefringence compact electrically tunable waveplate electro-optical effects holey fibres liquid crystal devices negative dielectric liquid crystal optical materials photonic bandgap fiber photonic crystals wavelength 1520 nm to 1580 nm
