Propagation effects in a photonic crystal fiber filled with a low-birefringence liquid crystal

Tomasz R. Wolinski; Krzysztof Bondarczuk; Katarzyna Szaniawska; Piotr Lesiak; Andrzej W. Domanski; Roman S. Dabrowski; Edward Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki; Jan Wojcik

doi:10.1117/12.568415

15 October 2004 Propagation effects in a photonic crystal fiber filled with a low-birefringence liquid crystal

Tomasz R. Wolinski, Krzysztof Bondarczuk, Katarzyna Szaniawska, Piotr Lesiak, Andrzej W. Domanski, Roman S. Dabrowski, Edward Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, Jan Wojcik

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Proceedings Volume 5518, Liquid Crystals VIII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.568415
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

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In this paper propagation properties in photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) filled with extremely low-birefringence nematic liquid crystal (LC) mixtures have been investigated. The low-birefringence nematic LC compositions included multicomponents esters mixtures and were characterized by extremely low ordinary n_o = 1.46-1.45 and extraordinary n_e = 1.478-1.505 refractive indices at room temperature. Due to reorientation possibilities of nematic molecules within the fiber holes, propagation properties of the obtained photonic liquid crystal fibers could be easily modified.

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Tomasz R. Wolinski, Krzysztof Bondarczuk, Katarzyna Szaniawska, Piotr Lesiak, Andrzej W. Domanski, Roman S. Dabrowski, Edward Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki, and Jan Wojcik "Propagation effects in a photonic crystal fiber filled with a low-birefringence liquid crystal", Proc. SPIE 5518, Liquid Crystals VIII, (15 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.568415

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