Photonic Liquid Crystal Fibers with Polymers

• Authors: T. Woliński , M. Tefelska , K. Mileńko , A. Siarkowska , D. Budaszewski , A. Domański , S. Ertman , K. Orzechowski , K. Rutkowska , M. Sierakowski , E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki , R. Dąbrowski , P. Mergo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Photonic liquid crystal fibers with polymers constitute a new solution based on liquid crystals and microstructured polymer optical fibers opening up new areas in innovative sensing and photonic devices applications. Compared with their silica-based microstructured fibers, it is easier to fabricate exotic microstructured polymer optical fibers by extrusion or drilling at low temperature; their nonlinearity is potentially stronger, the range of available polymers that may be drawn is more diverse and the biocompatibility of polymers is often better. Liquid crystals due to their attractive properties i.e., the high birefringence, high electro-optic and thermo-optic effects are a very good candidate for microstructured polymer optical fiber infiltration to obtain tunable all-in-fiber innovative photonic devices. The paper will discuss basic properties and possible applications of the polymer photonic liquid crystal fibers that will arise from their high optical tunability with external and internal factors. Current research effort is directed towards two main solutions: photonic crystal fibers and microstructured polymer optical fiber-based structures, both infiltrated with liquid crystals of tailored optical properties.

Keywords

EN

42.70.Df; 42.81.Wg; 02.60.Cb; 42.70.Qs

Discipline

• 42.70.Qs: Photonic bandgap materials(for photonic crystal lasers, see 42.55.Tv)
• 02.60.Cb: Numerical simulation; solution of equations
• 42.81.Wg: Other fiber-optical devices(for fiber lasers, see 42.55.Wd)
• 42.70.Df: Liquid crystals(for structure of liquid crystals, see 61.30.-v)

• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 124
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 613-616

Dates

published

2013-09

Contributors

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T. Woliński

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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M. Tefelska

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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K. Mileńko

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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A. Siarkowska

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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D. Budaszewski

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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A. Domański

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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S. Ertman

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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K. Orzechowski

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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K. Rutkowska

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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M. Sierakowski

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki

• Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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R. Dąbrowski

• Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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P. Mergo

• Maria Curie Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.124.613