Photonic liquid crystal fiber intermodal interferometer

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 03 Dec 2013 Spain Publisher:Sociedad Espanola de OpticaJournal:Optica Pura y Aplicada, volume 46, pages 321-325 (issn: 2171-8814, eissn: 0030-3917,

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Authors: Poudereux Sánchez, David; Corredera Guillén, Pedro; Otón Martínez, Eva; Otón Sánchez, José Manuel; Quintana Arregui, Patxi Xabier;

doi: 10.7149/opa.46.4.321

handle: 10261/244167

Photonic liquid crystal fiber intermodal interferometer

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In this work, we present a novel interferometer based on liquid crystal and photonic crystal fiber technology. The objective of this project is the development of a tunable (switchable) modal (Mach-Zehnder) interferometer for optical communications or sensing. This interferometer has been manufactured splicing a short portion (between 15 and 30 mm) of photonic crystal fiber with two single mode fiber pigtails. The study shows a high sensitivity of the interferometer to the polarization of the launching light. © Sociedad Española de Óptica.

En este trabajo se presenta un nuevo interferómetro basado en fibras de cristal fotónico con cristal líquido. El objetivo de este estudio es el desarrollo de un interferómetro intermodal (tipo MachZehnder) sintonizable, útil para comunicaciones ópticas y para sensores. Este interferómetro ha sido fabricado soldando una pequeña porción de fibra de cristal fotónico a dos pigtail de fibra estándar monomodo. El estudio muestra que el interferómetro tiene una sensibilidad muy alta a la poloarización de la luz acoplada.

This work has been supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, project TEC2008-00147 and Madrid Regional Program FACTOTEM S2009/ESP1781.

5 pags., 9 figs.

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Spain

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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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Keywords

Telecomunicaciones, Photonic Crystal Fiber, Photonic crystal fiber, Física, Polarization maintaining fiber, Polarization Maintaining Fiber, Tunable interferometer, Liquid crystal, Mach-Zehnder Interferometer, Mach-Zehnder interferometer, Liquid Crystal, Tunable Interferometer

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