Attenuation of the photonic liquid crystal fibers with various core diameters

Marzena M. Tefelska; Slawomir Ertman; Tomasz R. Wolinski; Pawel Mergo; Roman Dabrowski

doi:10.1117/12.2025901

20 May 2013 Attenuation of the photonic liquid crystal fibers with various core diameters

Marzena M. Tefelska, Slawomir Ertman, Tomasz R. Wolinski, Pawel Mergo, Roman Dabrowski

Proceedings Volume 8794, Fifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors; 879429 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025901
Event: Fifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, 2013, Krakow, Poland

Abstract

In this paper the photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) with various solid core diameters are presented. The attenuation obtained in the photonic band gap (PBG) mechanism for 37 rods forming the core of PLCFs was 0.16 dB/cm, which is the lowest attenuation reported to date. Reducing the fiber core diameter causes the increase of light penetration in fiber holes, which results in increased losses. The solid core of PCFs structure used in experiment consisted of 1, 7, 19 and 37 rods. The attenuation of PLCFs was measured by using the cut-back technique.

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Marzena M. Tefelska, Slawomir Ertman, Tomasz R. Wolinski, Pawel Mergo, and Roman Dabrowski "Attenuation of the photonic liquid crystal fibers with various core diameters ", Proc. SPIE 8794, Fifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, 879429 (20 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025901

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