Polarization properties of polymer-based photonic crystal fibers

Authors

  • David Poudereux Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Karolina Mileńko Warsaw Univeristy of Technology
  • Artur Dybko Warsaw Univeristy of Technology
  • José Manuel Otón Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Tomasz R. Woliński Warsaw Univeristy of Technology

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https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v6i2.500

Abstract

Selectively filled photonic crystal fibers with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a silicon-type material, have been studied. Is has been demonstrated that polarization properties of these hybrid devices and the properties of the guided light in relation with the temperature changes, finding that the state of polarization (SOP) change with the increasing temperature but remains constant for a wide spectrum of wavelengths for a determinate temperature.

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Author Biography

David Poudereux, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

PhD student in the Photonic and Bioengineering Technology department in the ETSI Telecomunicacion and in CEMDATIC center in Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

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2014-06-30

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D. Poudereux, K. Mileńko, A. Dybko, J. M. Otón, and T. R. Woliński, “Polarization properties of polymer-based photonic crystal fibers”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 6, no. 2, pp. pp. 59–61, Jun. 2014.

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