Photoalignment of liquid crystal in photonic crsytal fiber by using azo dye.

• Main Author: Peck, Yvonne.
• Other Authors: Chan Chi Chiu
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Optics and light
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45694
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Photonic Crystal Fibers (PCFs) have emerged to be a new class of optical waveguides, which have attracted considerable attention and interest in recent years. PCFs are microstructured waveguides, conventionally made up of silica. They have a large number of air holes located within the cladding regi...