Hybrid photonic crystal fiber selectively infiltrated with liquid crystal

• Main Authors: Wolinski, Tomasz R., Milenko, Karolina, Hu, Dora Juan Juan, Lim, Jun Long, Wang, Yixin, Shum, Perry Ping
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99707; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12167
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We present hybrid propagation in a photonic liquid crystal fiber (PLCF) fabricated by selective infiltration of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) air channels with a nematic liquid crystal (LC). Temperature tuning of the position of the photonic bandgaps is also demonstrated.