Photonic liquid crystal fibers with low-, medium-, and high refractive indices of the core

Authors

  • Sławomir Ertman Warsaw University of Technology
  • Tomasz R. Woliński Warsaw University of Technology
  • Ryszard Buczyński Univeristy of Warsaw
  • Dariusz Pysz Institute of Electronics Materials Technology
  • Edward Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki Military University of Technology, Warsaw
  • Roman Dąbrowski 4Military University of Technology, Warsaw
  • Jan Wójcik Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v2i3.145

Abstract

Photonic liquid crystal fibers (PLCFs) combine unique properties of microstructured optical fibers and liquid crystal fibers. In this paper we show that PLCFs can be divided into three classes with different guiding properties, depending on the relation between the refractive index of the core of the host fiber and refractive indices of the liquid crystal.

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2010-10-01

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S. Ertman, “Photonic liquid crystal fibers with low-, medium-, and high refractive indices of the core”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 2, no. 3, pp. pp. 113–115, Oct. 2010.

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