Transmission Bandwidth Tunability of a Liquid-Filled Photonic Bandgap Fiber

A temperature tunable photonic bandgap fiber (PBGF) is demonstrated by an index-guiding photonic crystal fiber filled with high-index liquid. The temperature tunable characteristics of the fiber are experimentally and numerically investigated. Compression of transmission bandwidth of the PBGF is demonstrated by changing the temperature of part of the fiber. The tunable transmission bandwidth with a range of 250 nm is achieved by changing the temperature from 30°C to 90°C.