DocumentCode
1359514
Title
High strain-induced wavelength tunability in tapered fibre acousto-optic filters
Author
Diez, A. ; Kakarantzas, G. ; Birks, T.A. ; Russell, P. St J
Author_Institution
Sch. of Phys., Bath Univ., UK
Volume
36
Issue
14
fYear
2000
fDate
7/6/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1187
Lastpage
1188
Abstract
A study into the effect of the strain on a tapered fibre acoustooptic filter is presented. The centre wavelengths of the resonances are dramatically affected by strain: >500 nm tunability range has been obtained for a maximum applied strain of 1.3×10-2
Keywords
acousto-optical filters; optical fibre filters; optical tuning; piezo-optical effects; sensitivity; acoustooptic filter; centre wavelengths; high strain-induced wavelength tunability; maximum applied strain; resonances; strain effect; tapered fibre acousto-optic filters; tunability range; wavelength tunability;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20000866
Filename
852231
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