• DocumentCode
    2740058
  • Title

    Multimaterial piezoelectric fibres — Fibers that can hear and sing

  • Author

    Wang, Zheng ; Chocat, Noémie ; Egusa, Shunji ; Ruff, Zach M. ; Stolyarov, A.M. ; Shemuly, Dana ; Sorin, Fabien ; Joannopoulos, John D. ; Fink, Yoel

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    10-12 Jan. 2011
  • Firstpage
    181
  • Lastpage
    182
  • Abstract
    We present a novel technique of using thermal drawing approaches to create piezoelectric fibers that allows electrical modulation of acoustic and optical property of micro-structured fibers. Large-area piezoelectric fabrics with dynamically-controlled optical responses are envisioned.
  • Keywords
    acoustoelectric effects; electro-optical modulation; fabrics; micro-optics; optical fibre fabrication; piezoelectric materials; acoustic property; dynamically-controlled optical responses; electrical modulation; large-area piezoelectric fabrics; microstructured fibers; multimaterial piezoelectric fibres; optical property; thermal drawing; Fabrics; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical reflection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Keystone, CO
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8428-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730107
  • Filename
    5730107