Electrically tunable long period gratings in liquid crystal photonic bandgap fibers

Danny Noordegraaf, Lara Scolari, Jesper Laegsgaard, Lars Rindorf, Thomas Tanggaard Alkeskjold
2007 OFC/NFOEC 2007 - 2007 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference  
We demonstrate an all-electrically tunable long period grating in a photonic crystal fiber infiltrated with a nematic liquid crystal. The spectral dips and the resonance wavelengths are tuned electrically and thermally, respectively.
doi:10.1109/ofc.2007.4348726 fatcat:yjyfe6wbgnhafjl46ozpaqkm2q