The paper reviews and discusses the latest developments in the field of the photonic liquid-crystal fibers that have occurred for the last years in view of new challenges for both fiber optics sensing and liquid crystal photonics. In particular, we present the latest experimental results on electrically induced birefringence in photonic liquid crystal fibers and discuss possibilities and directions of future developments.
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Woliński, T.R. (2008). Photonic Liquid-Crystal Fibers: New Sensing Opportunities. In: Bock, W.J., Gannot, I., Tanev, S. (eds) Optical Waveguide Sensing and Imaging. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6952-9_3
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