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
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