Thermo-optic switching effect based on fluid-filled photonic crystal fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-166

  Wang, Yiping ^a,b   Bartelt, Hartmut ^a   Ecke, Wolfgang ^a   Moerl, Klaus ^a   Lehmann, Hartmut ^a   Schroeder, Kerstin ^a   Willsch, Reinhardt ^a   Kobelke, Jens ^a   Rothhardt, Manfred ^a   Spittel, Ron ^a   Shan, Liye ^a   Brueckner, Sven ^a   Jin, Wei ^b   Tan, Xiaoling ^b   Jin, Long ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Optical switches; Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs)

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; CORE MODES; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FLUID-FILLED; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCFS); TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT; THERMOOPTIC EFFECTS; THERMOOPTICS; TRANSMITTED LIGHT;

AIR; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; HOLEY FIBERS; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SWITCHING FUNCTIONS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 75449089703     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2037242     Document Type: Article

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