论文题目：Electrically Tuning Characteristics of LC Selectively Infiltrated PCF Sagnac Interferometer

作者：薛平升

导师：刘强

发表刊物：IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS

论文收录：SCI

论文摘要：

A photonic crystal fiber was selectively infiltrated only two of the air holes near the core with liquid crystal. The selective infiltration caused geometric asymmetry and created high birefringence. Because of the geometric asymmetry, the response to varying electric field is concerned with electric field direction. A Sagnac interferometer was set to investigate the electric tuning characteristics of the selectively infiltrated photonic crystal fiber. The effective refractive-indices of the fiber varies with electric field due to reorientation of liquid crystal molecules. The highest sensitivity was 1.12 nm/V (504 nm/kV/mm) with tuning range of 7 nm when electric field direction was parallel to the connecting line of infiltrated holes. The response time of the selectively infiltrated photonic crystal fiber was studied. The device can be utilized as voltage sensors, electro-optical modulators and filters.