OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF NEGATIVE CURVATURE HOLLOW CORE LC LIGHT GUIDE
The paper proposes a new type of optical fiber – a liquid-crystal light guide with a hollow core of negative curvature. It discusses the main advantages of such fibers as compared with the traditional telecommunication fiber optics and photonic crystal waveguides with a hollow core. It is proposed to fill the cavities of the shell with liquid crystal substance in order to control the waveguide properties of these fibers through external influences of temperature fields or voltage.