A new thermo-optic fibre switch is demonstrated, which utilizes the phase transitions of a thermochromic liquid crystal inside a photonic crystal fibre. We report an extinction ratio of 60 dB and an insertion loss of 1 dB.


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    Title :

    A novel photonic crystal fibre switch


    Contributors:
    Larsen, T.T. (author) / Hermann, D.S. (author) / Broeng, J. (author) / Bjarklev, A. (author)


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Size :

    93698 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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