Acousto-optical variable filter

Details Acousto-optical variable filter Acousto-optical variable filter

2006-08-15

2006-08-15

Thompson, Timothy (Department: 2873)

Optical: systems and elements

Optical modulator

Light wave temporal modulation

C385S047000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07092139

ABSTRACT:
An acousto-optical tunable filter, comprising planar optical waveguide (2) for propagation of light beam (14), and arranged sequentially along the path of the light radiation: a means for forming a light beam, transducer (16) of acoustic waves suited to generate acoustic wave (15) that is capable of interacting with the beam light waves and cause their diffraction within a predetermined wavelength range, and a means for selecting the diffracted portion of the light beam. The light beam forming means and selecting means are implemented in the form of stripe waveguides (3) and (4–7) respectively disposed in the plane of the planar waveguide and each provided with a set of unit reflectors (10) and (11) that overlap an aperture of corresponding stripe waveguide (3), the relative position and inclination angle of which reflectors being selected to maintain phase difference at the operating radiation wavelength for any pair of beams (13) reflected from different unit reflectors (10), which value essentially is multiple of 2π.

REFERENCES:
“Integrated Acoustooptic Tunable Filters Using Weighted Coupling”, Kar-Roy et al, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 3, No. 7, Jul. 1994.
“Thin-Film Tunable Optical Filtering Using Anisotropic and Noncollinear Acoustooptic Interaction in LiNbO3 Waveguides”, Kim, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. QE-15, No. 7, Jul. 1979.

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