Thermal tunability of photonic bandgaps in liquid crystal infiltrated microstructured polymer optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 19356-19364

  Yuan, Wu ^a   Wei, Lei ^a   Alkeskjold, Thomas Tanggaard ^b   Bjarklev, Anders ^a   Bang, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

MICROSTRUCTURED POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP EFFECT; TUNABILITIES; ULTIMATELY BOUNDED; VISIBLE RANGE;

ENERGY GAP;

GLASS FIBER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHOTON; TEMPERATURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MINIATURIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70749093077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.019356     Document Type: Article

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