Based on polymer microstructured optical fibers (PMOF) and selective liquid crystal injection technology, a novel tem- perature control tunable attenuator is designed theoretically in this paper. In our experiments, P...Based on polymer microstructured optical fibers (PMOF) and selective liquid crystal injection technology, a novel tem- perature control tunable attenuator is designed theoretically in this paper. In our experiments, PMMA microstructured optical fibers with high performance are drawn successfully and the selective injection of liquid crystal 5CB into micro- holes is realized. The tunable attenuator is fabricated with an extinction ratio of over 60dB, which agrees well with the design.展开更多
基金the National Basic Research Program ofChina (973 Program) (2003CB314907), Tsinghua National Labo-ratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), and Na-tional Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘Based on polymer microstructured optical fibers (PMOF) and selective liquid crystal injection technology, a novel tem- perature control tunable attenuator is designed theoretically in this paper. In our experiments, PMMA microstructured optical fibers with high performance are drawn successfully and the selective injection of liquid crystal 5CB into micro- holes is realized. The tunable attenuator is fabricated with an extinction ratio of over 60dB, which agrees well with the design.
