Tunable photonic bandgap fiber based devices for optical networks

Thomas Tanggaard Alkeskjold; Lara Scolari; Karsten Rottwitt; Anders Overgaard Bjarklev; Christophe Peucheret

doi:10.1109/ICTON.2005.1505770

Tunable photonic bandgap fiber based devices for optical networks

Thomas Tanggaard Alkeskjold
, Lara Scolari
, Karsten Rottwitt
, Anders Overgaard Bjarklev
, Christophe Peucheret

University of Bologna

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In future all optical networks one of the enabling technologies is tunable elements including reconfigurable routers, switches etc. Thus, the development of a technology platform that allows construction of tuning components is critical. Lately, microstructured optical fibers, filled with liquid crystals, have proven to be a candidate for such a platform. Microstructured optical fibers offer unique wave-guiding properties that are strongly related to the design of the air holes in the cladding of the fiber. These wave-guiding properties may be altered by filling the air holes with a material, for example a liquid crystal that changes optical properties when subjected to, for example, an optical or an electrical field. The utilization of these two basic properties allows design of tunable optical devices for optical networks. In this work, we focus on applications of such devices and discuss recent results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICTON 2005 proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2005
Pages	140-143
ISBN (Print)	0-7803-9236-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2005.1505770
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	7th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 3 Jul 2005 → 7 Jul 2005 Conference number: 7

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Conference	7th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Number	7
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	03/07/2005 → 07/07/2005

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