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Propagation effects in a polymer-based photonic liquid crystal fiber

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In this paper propagation effects induced by thermal tuning of photonic band gaps (PBGs) in a polymer photonic crystal fiber (Pol-PCF) infiltrated with a specially designed liquid crystal (LC) are observed. When temperature increases PBGs in the transmission spectrum are narrowing and moving towards shorter wavelengths. However, when the temperature approaches the nematic-isotropic phase transition, PBGs are getting wider and shift back towards longer wavelengths.

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This work was supported by the Polish National Science Centre (NCN) under the grant no. 2011/01/B/ST7/05015. One of the authors (K.R.) would like to acknowledge Homing Plus Programme (2010-2/11) granted by the Foundation for Polish Science and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

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  1. Faculty of Physics, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662, Warszawa, Poland

    T. R. Wolinski, M. Tefelska, K. Milenko, K. Rutkowska, A. W. Domanski, S. Ertman, K. Orzechowski & M. Sierakowski

  2. Military Univ. of Technology, Warszawa, Poland

    E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki & R. Dabrowski

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Wolinski, T.R., Tefelska, M., Milenko, K. et al. Propagation effects in a polymer-based photonic liquid crystal fiber. Appl. Phys. A 115, 569–574 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-013-8021-8

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