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

Scott Wu Yuan, Lei Wei, Thomas Tanggaard Alkeskjold, Anders Overgaard Bjarklev, Ole Bang

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    Abstract

    We demonstrate the photonic bandgap effect and the thermal tunability of bandgaps in microstructured polymer optical fibers infiltrated with liquid crystal. Two liquid crystals with opposite sign of the temperature gradient of the ordinary refractive index (E7 and MDA-00- 1444) are used to demonstrate that both signs of the thermal tunability of the bandgaps are possible. The useful bandgaps are ultimately bounded to the visible range by the transparency window of the polymer.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume17
    Issue number22
    Pages (from-to)19356-19364
    ISSN1094-4087
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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