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Title

Tunable side-polished optical fiber filter using the thermo-sensitive characteristics of the polymer dispersed liquid crystal.

Authors

Cherl-Hee Lee; Nam-Kwon Lee; Jae-Won Song

Abstract

The tunable property of a side-polished optical fiber filter developed using a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) is investigated. The thermo-sensitive characteristic of the PDLC provides the new type of tunable side-polished optical fiber filter with a desirable free spectral range (FSR) and eliminates the influence of the high refractive index of indium tin oxide (ITO). As a result, the resonance wavelength of the side-polished fiber filter is tuned at a rate of -0.015 nm/mW. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 48: 1229–1230, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.21662

Subjects

FIBER optics; OPTICAL fibers; LIQUID crystal displays; WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL waveguides

Publication

Microwave & Optical Technology Letters, 2006, Vol 48, Issue 7, p1229

ISSN

0895-2477

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1002/mop.21662