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The transmission characteristics of full-filled photonic liquid crystal fibers (PLCFs) which are filled with five kinds of liquid crystals (LCs) are experimentally studied and theoretically analyzed. The influences of temperature and external electric field on the transmission characteristics of PLCFs are also discussed in this paper. The transmission spectra of PLCFs show obvious bandgaps, and the number and the central wavelengths of the bandgaps depend on the average value of the refractive indices of LCs. By changing the temperature from 20 ℃ to 80 ℃, a blue shift in the bandgap is observed, and the maximum tuning range of the bandgap is 41 nm. Then, with the voltage turning from 0 V to 250 V, the output power of the transmission spectrum decreases, while the central wavelength of the bandgap is almost unchanged. Finally, the transmission spectrum keeps a good stability, even if the polarization state of the input light changes.
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Keywords:
- photonic crystal fiber /
- liquid crystal /
- photonic bandgap /
- sensor
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[2] Hou J P, Ning T, Gai S L, Li P, Hao J P, Zhao J L 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 4732 (in Chinese) [侯建平, 宁韬, 盖双龙, 李鹏, 皓建苹, 赵建林 2010 59 4732]
[3] Zhang M Y, Li S G, Yao Y Y, Zhang L, Fu B, Yin G B 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 3278 (in Chinese) [张美艳, 李曙光, 姚艳艳, 张磊, 付博, 尹国冰 2010 59 3278]
[4] Cubillas A M, Unterkofler S, Euser T G, Etzold B J M, Jones A C, Sadler P J, Wasserscheid P, Russell P St J 2013 Chem. Soc. Rev. 42 8629
[5] Qian W W, Zhao C L, He S L, Dong X Y, Zhang S Q, Zhang Z X, Jin S Z, Gou J T, Wei H F 2011 Opt. Lett. 36 1548
[6] Yu C P, Liou J H 2009 Opt. Express 17 8729
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[12] Peng Y, Hou J, Zhang Y, Huang Z H, Xiao R, Lu Q S 2013 Opt. Lett. 38 263
[13] Sun J, Chan C C, Ni N 2007 Opt. Commun. 278 66
[14] Li J, Wu S T 2004 J. Appl. Phys. 95 896
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