Fabrication and characterization of fibers with built-in liquid crystal channels and electrodes for transverse incident-light modulation
We report on an all-in-fiber liquid crystal (LC) structure designed for the modulation of light incident transverse to the fiber axis. A hollow cavity flanked by viscous conductors is introduced into a polymer matrix, and the structure is thermally drawn into meters of fiber containing the geometric...
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| author | Wei, Lei Sorin, Fabien Lestoquoy, Guillaume Fink, Yoel Stolyarov, Alexander Mark Joannopoulos, John |
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| description | We report on an all-in-fiber liquid crystal (LC) structure designed for the modulation of light incident transverse to the fiber axis. A hollow cavity flanked by viscous conductors is introduced into a polymer matrix, and the structure is thermally drawn into meters of fiber containing the geometrically scaled microfluidic channel and electrodes. The channel is filled with LCs, whose director orientation is modulated by an electric field generated between the built-in electrodes. Light transmission through the LC-channel at a particular location can be tuned by the driving frequency of the applied field, which directly controls the potential profile along the fiber |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/796222022-09-30T10:30:06Z Fabrication and characterization of fibers with built-in liquid crystal channels and electrodes for transverse incident-light modulation Wei, Lei Sorin, Fabien Lestoquoy, Guillaume Fink, Yoel Stolyarov, Alexander Mark Joannopoulos, John Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics Stolyarov, Alexander Mark Wei, Lei Sorin, Fabien Lestoquoy, Guillaume Joannopoulos, John D. Fink, Yoel We report on an all-in-fiber liquid crystal (LC) structure designed for the modulation of light incident transverse to the fiber axis. A hollow cavity flanked by viscous conductors is introduced into a polymer matrix, and the structure is thermally drawn into meters of fiber containing the geometrically scaled microfluidic channel and electrodes. The channel is filled with LCs, whose director orientation is modulated by an electric field generated between the built-in electrodes. Light transmission through the LC-channel at a particular location can be tuned by the driving frequency of the applied field, which directly controls the potential profile along the fiber National Science Foundation (U.S.). Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (Program) (Award DMR-0819762) United States. Army Research Office (Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies) (Contract W911NF-07-D-0004) 2013-07-18T18:12:37Z 2013-07-18T18:12:37Z 2012-07 2012-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 00036951 1077-3118 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79622 Stolyarov, Alexander M., Lei Wei, Fabien Sorin, Guillaume Lestoquoy, John D. Joannopoulos, and Yoel Fink. “Fabrication and characterization of fibers with built-in liquid crystal channels and electrodes for transverse incident-light modulation.” Applied Physics Letters 101, no. 1 (2012): 011108. © 2012 American Institute of Physics https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9752-2283 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4733319 Applied Physics Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Institute of Physics (AIP) MIT web domain |
| spellingShingle | Wei, Lei Sorin, Fabien Lestoquoy, Guillaume Fink, Yoel Stolyarov, Alexander Mark Joannopoulos, John Fabrication and characterization of fibers with built-in liquid crystal channels and electrodes for transverse incident-light modulation |
| title | Fabrication and characterization of fibers with built-in liquid crystal channels and electrodes for transverse incident-light modulation |
| title_full | Fabrication and characterization of fibers with built-in liquid crystal channels and electrodes for transverse incident-light modulation |
| title_fullStr | Fabrication and characterization of fibers with built-in liquid crystal channels and electrodes for transverse incident-light modulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fabrication and characterization of fibers with built-in liquid crystal channels and electrodes for transverse incident-light modulation |
| title_short | Fabrication and characterization of fibers with built-in liquid crystal channels and electrodes for transverse incident-light modulation |
| title_sort | fabrication and characterization of fibers with built in liquid crystal channels and electrodes for transverse incident light modulation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79622 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9752-2283 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682 |
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