Liquid-crystal-cladding fiber Bragg gratings with electrically controllable polarization-dependent characteristics
Liquid-crystal-cladding fiber Bragg gratings with electrically controllable polarization-dependent characteristics
An electrically controllable fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with polarization-dependent characteristics is described. The optic axis of a liquid crystal (LC) can be rearrangeable by means of external electric fields, which results in the change of an effective refractive index of an LC. The reflectivity and Bragg wavelength of an LC-cladding FBG can be controlled according to the refractive index of surrounding region of the fiber which is determined by the refractive index of the LC-cladding. The tuning ranges of the LC-cladding FBG were ~4.6 dB of the reflectivity and ~0.3 nm of Bragg wavelength based on unpolarized light, respectively, and polarization isolation of 1.5 dB was achieved at 100 V(p-p) based on polarized light.
electro-optics, fiber bragg grating, liquid crystal, etching, polarization dependency
4044-4050
Baek, Seungin
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Roh, Sookyoung
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Na, Jun-Hee
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Jeong, Yoonchan
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Jeong, Cherlhyun
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Lee, Sin-Doo
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Lee, Byoungho
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2006
Baek, Seungin
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Roh, Sookyoung
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Na, Jun-Hee
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Jeong, Yoonchan
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Jeong, Cherlhyun
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Lee, Sin-Doo
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Lee, Byoungho
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Baek, Seungin, Roh, Sookyoung, Na, Jun-Hee, Jeong, Yoonchan, Jeong, Cherlhyun, Lee, Sin-Doo and Lee, Byoungho
(2006)
Liquid-crystal-cladding fiber Bragg gratings with electrically controllable polarization-dependent characteristics.
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 45 (5A), .
(doi:10.1143/JJAP.45.4044).
Abstract
An electrically controllable fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with polarization-dependent characteristics is described. The optic axis of a liquid crystal (LC) can be rearrangeable by means of external electric fields, which results in the change of an effective refractive index of an LC. The reflectivity and Bragg wavelength of an LC-cladding FBG can be controlled according to the refractive index of surrounding region of the fiber which is determined by the refractive index of the LC-cladding. The tuning ranges of the LC-cladding FBG were ~4.6 dB of the reflectivity and ~0.3 nm of Bragg wavelength based on unpolarized light, respectively, and polarization isolation of 1.5 dB was achieved at 100 V(p-p) based on polarized light.
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Published date: 2006
Keywords:
electro-optics, fiber bragg grating, liquid crystal, etching, polarization dependency
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/46901
ISSN: 0021-4922
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Seungin Baek
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Sookyoung Roh
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Jun-Hee Na
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Yoonchan Jeong
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Cherlhyun Jeong
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Sin-Doo Lee
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Byoungho Lee
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