Compact Electrically Controlled Broadband Liquid Crystal Photonic Bandgap Fiber Polarizer

Konferenz: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
20.09.2009 - 24.09.2009 in Vienna, Austria

Tagungsband: ECOC 2009

Seiten: 2Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Wei, Lei; Bjarklev, Anders (DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark)
Alkeskjold, Thomas Tanggaard (Crystal Fibre A/S, Blokken 84, 3460 Birkerød, Denmark)

Inhalt:
An electrically controlled liquid crystal photonic-bandgap fiber polarizer is experimentally demonstrated. A maximum 21.3dB electrically tunable polarization extinction ratio is achieved with 45deg rotatable transmission axis as well as switched on and off in 1300nm-1600nm.