• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 56, Issue 17, 170621 (2019)
Kuanming Ma, Zixuan Liu, Peiyuan Liu, Jie Li*, Chuang Wu, and Baiou Guan
Author Affiliations
  • Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications, Institute of Photonics Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511486, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP56.170621 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Kuanming Ma, Zixuan Liu, Peiyuan Liu, Jie Li, Chuang Wu, Baiou Guan. Polarization Spectra of U-Shaped Optical Fiber Cavities Filled with Liquid Crystal and Their Temperature Characteristics[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(17): 170621 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of U-shaped optical fiber cavity filled with liquid crystal
    Fig. 1. Schematic of U-shaped optical fiber cavity filled with liquid crystal
    Schematic of experimental system. (a) Schematic of experimental setup; (b) photograph of liquid-crystal-filled U-shaped fiber device; (c) microscopic photograph of U-shaped fiber cavity
    Fig. 2. Schematic of experimental system. (a) Schematic of experimental setup; (b) photograph of liquid-crystal-filled U-shaped fiber device; (c) microscopic photograph of U-shaped fiber cavity
    Interference spectra corresponding to structure before filling liquid crystal, ordinary wave after filling liquid crystal, and extraordinary wave after filling liquid crystal, respectively
    Fig. 3. Interference spectra corresponding to structure before filling liquid crystal, ordinary wave after filling liquid crystal, and extraordinary wave after filling liquid crystal, respectively
    Characteristics of interference spectra when temperatures are below clearing point of liquid crystal. (a) Transmission spectra of ordinary and extraordinary waves at different temperatures; (b) dip wavelength as functions of temperature for dip A and dip B, respectively
    Fig. 4. Characteristics of interference spectra when temperatures are below clearing point of liquid crystal. (a) Transmission spectra of ordinary and extraordinary waves at different temperatures; (b) dip wavelength as functions of temperature for dip A and dip B, respectively
    Characteristics of interference spectra when temperatures are above clearing point of liquid crystal. (a) Transmission spectra at different temperatures; (b) dip wavelength as a function of temperature for dip C
    Fig. 5. Characteristics of interference spectra when temperatures are above clearing point of liquid crystal. (a) Transmission spectra at different temperatures; (b) dip wavelength as a function of temperature for dip C
    Refractive index of liquid crystal E7 versus temperature
    Fig. 6. Refractive index of liquid crystal E7 versus temperature
    Kuanming Ma, Zixuan Liu, Peiyuan Liu, Jie Li, Chuang Wu, Baiou Guan. Polarization Spectra of U-Shaped Optical Fiber Cavities Filled with Liquid Crystal and Their Temperature Characteristics[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2019, 56(17): 170621
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