• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 10, Issue 1, 71 (2014)
Xin GAO1, Guang-jun REN1、*, Dao-lian JIANG1, and Jian-quan YAO2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Tianjin Key Laboratory of Film Electronic & Communication Devices, Engineering Research Center of Communication Devices and Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Electronics Information Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Optoelectric Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Laser and Optoelectronics, College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-014-3194-8 Cite this Article
    GAO Xin, REN Guang-jun, JIANG Dao-lian, YAO Jian-quan. An electric field tunable switch with liquid crystal infiltrated photonic crystal fiber grating[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2014, 10(1): 71 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The nematic liquid crystal (NLC) infiltrated photonic crystal fiber (PCF) used as a switch modulated by electric field is demonstrated. The switch consists of the infiltrated solid core PCF into which Bragg gratings are written. It is confirmed that the switch can achieve an accurate operation through measuring the reflected light with the change of electric field intensity from 1.4 kV·rms/mm to 2.1 kV·rms/mm. When the electric field intensity exceeds the threshold, the change of only 0.01 kV·rms/mm can cause the wavelength shift of 1 nm. It is approved that the switch with such a structure provides a high sensitivity. The reflection peak is stabilized at about 15 dB which is high enough to separate from the factors such as system noise and error, and it can improve the control precision.
    GAO Xin, REN Guang-jun, JIANG Dao-lian, YAO Jian-quan. An electric field tunable switch with liquid crystal infiltrated photonic crystal fiber grating[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2014, 10(1): 71
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