All-fiber polarimetric electric field sensing using liquid crystal infiltrated photonic crystal fibers

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-59

  Mathews, Sunish ^a   Farrell, Gerald ^a   Semenova, Yuliya ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

All fiber sensors; Electric field sensing; Liquid crystal infiltration; Optical fiber sensor; Photonic crystal fiber; Polarimetric sensing scheme

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; ALL FIBER; APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS; LINEAR TRANSMITTANCE; LIQUID CRYSTAL INFILTRATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; PHASE BIREFRINGENCE; POLARIMETRIC SENSING; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY;

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; LASER PULSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; SEEPAGE; SENSORS; SOIL MECHANICS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 79953657562     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. T. Larson, A. Bjarklev, D. Hermann, and J. Broeng Optical devices based on liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibres Opt. Exp. 11 2003 2589 2596
2. T.T. Alkeskjold, L. Scolari, D. Noordegraaf, J. Laegsgaard, J. Weirich, L. Wei, G. Tartarini, P. Bassi, S. Gauza, S.T. Wu, and A. Bjarklev Integrating liquid crystal based optical devices in photonic crystal fibers Opt. Quant. Electron. 39 2007 1009 1019
3. S. Ertman, T.R. Wolinski, D. Pysz, R. Buczynski, E.N. Kruszelnicki, and R. Dabrowski Low-loss propagation and continuously tunable birefringence in high-index photonic crystal fibers filled with nematic liquid crystals Opt. Exp. 17 2009 19298 19310
4. S. Mathews, Y. Semenova, and G. Farrell Electronic tunability of ferroelectric liquid crystal infiltrated photonic crystal fiber Electron. Lett. 45 2009 617 618
5. L. Wei, L. Eskildsen, J. Weiriech, L. Scolari, T.T. Alkeskjold, and A. Bjarklev Continuously tunable all-in-fiber devices based on thermal and electrical control of negative dielectric anisotropy liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers App. Opt. 48 2009 497 503
6. V.M.N. Passaro, F. Dell'Olio, and F. De Leonardis Electromagnetic field photonic sensors Prog. Quant. Elect. 30 2006 45 73 (Pubitemid 44738998)
7. C.G. Martinez, J.S. Aguilar, and R.O. Valiente An all-fiber and integrated optics electric field sensing scheme using matched optical delays and coherence modulation of light Meas. Sci. Technol. 15 2007 3223 3229
8. H. Togo, N. Kukutsu, N. Shimizu, and T. Nagatsuma Sensitivity-stabilized fiber-mounted electrooptic probe for electric field mapping J. Lightwave Technol. 26 2008 2700 2705
9. M. Bernier, G. Gaborit, L. Du Villaret, A. Paupet, and J.L. Lasserre Electric field and temperature measurement using ultra wide bandwidth pigtailed electro-optic probes App. Opt. 47 2008 2470 2476
10. C. Li, and T. Yoshino Optical voltage sensor based on electrooptic crystal multiplier J. Lightwave Technol. 20 2002 843 849 (Pubitemid 34752056)
11. A. Michie, I. Bassett, and J. Haywood Electric field and voltage sensing using thermally poled silica fibre with a simple low coherence interferometer Meas. Sci. Technol. 17 2006 1229 1233
12. T.R. Wolinski Polarimetric optical fibers and sensors Prog. Opt. XL 2000 1 75
13. S. Ertman, A. Czapla, K. Nowecka, P. Lesiak, A.W. Domanski, T.R. Wolinski, and R. Dabrwoski Tunable highly-birefringent photonic liquid crystal fibers IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference 2007 1 6
14. M. Szpulak, T. Martynkien, and W. Urbanczyk Effects of hydrostatic pressure on the phase and group modal birefringence in microstructured holey fibers App. Opt. 43 2004 4739 4744
15. L. Xiao, M.S. Demokan, W. Jin, Y. Wang, and C. Zhao Fusion splicing photonic crystal fibers and conventional single-mode fibers: microhole collapse effect J. Lightwave Technol. 25 2007 3563 3574 (Pubitemid 350268554)
16. L. Xiao, W. Jin, M.S. Demokan, H.L. Ho, H.Y. Hoo, and C. Zhao Fabrication of selective injection microstructured optical fibers with a conventional fusion splicer Opt. Exp. 13 2005 9014 9022 (Pubitemid 41541335)
17. M.W. Haakestad, T.T. Alkeskjold, M.D. Nielsen, L. Scolari, J. Riishede, H.E. Engan, and A. Bjarklev Electrically tunable photonic bandgap guidance in a liquid crystal filled photonic crystal fiber Photon. Tech. Lett. 17 2005 819 821 (Pubitemid 40555838)
18. L. Scolari, T.T. Alkeskjold, J. Riishede, A. Bjarklev, D.S. Hermann, A. Anawati, M.D. Nielsen, and P. Bassi Continuously tunable devices based on electrical control of dual frequency liquid-crystal filled photonic bandgap fibers Opt. Exp. 13 2005 7483 7496 (Pubitemid 41338472)