Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of LC director arrangement in LC polymer droplets on the fiber end-facet with two anchoring modes.（a）Planar anchoring；（b）Homeotropic anchoring.

Fig. 2. Fabrication process of LC polymer droplets on the optical fiber end-facet

Fig. 3. POM images of LC polymer droplets on the optical fiber end-facet.（a）Smooth and clean optical fiber end-facet；（b）LC polymer droplets on the optical fiber end-facet（scale bar：60 μm）；（c）Simulation and（d）experimental POM images of parallel anchoring LC polymer droplets；（e）Simulation and（f）experimental images of homeotropic anchoring LC polymer droplets.

Fig. 4. 3D morphology of LC polymer droplets on the optical fiber end-facet. 3D images of planar anchoring LC polymer droplets before（a）and after（b）deformation；（c）Cross-section profiles of the LC polymer droplets before and after deformation for planar anchoring LC polymer droplets；3D images of homeotropic anchoring LC polymer droplets before（d）and after（e）deformation；（f）Cross-section profiles of the LC polymer droplets before and after deformation for homeotropic anchoring LC polymer droplets.

Fig. 5. （a）Schematic diagram of the experimental setup；（b~d）Diagrams of the spatial light field distribution produced by linearly polarized light passing through a LC polymer droplet with planar anchoring on the fiber end-facet：（b）Simulation results，and experimental results of the device before deformation（c）and after deformation（d）；（e~g）Diagrams of spatial light field distribution produced by linearly polarized light passing through a LC polymer droplet with homeotropic anchoring on the fiber end-facet：（e）Simulation results，and experimental results of the device before deformation（f）and after deformation（g）.