Integrated-optic acoustically tunable reflection filter

We demonstrate a two-stage, integrated-optic, acoustically tunable filter formed by reflecting the output of a single stage acousto-optic filter back through the filter by means of an integral mirror. Relative to a single-stage device, this double-pass configuration provides greatly improved sidelob...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics letters 1989-11, Vol.14 (21), p.1240-1242
Hauptverfasser: SMITH, D. A, JOHNSON, J. J, BARAN, J. E, SHAH, V. S, CURTIS, L, CHEUNG, K. W
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Zusammenfassung:We demonstrate a two-stage, integrated-optic, acoustically tunable filter formed by reflecting the output of a single stage acousto-optic filter back through the filter by means of an integral mirror. Relative to a single-stage device, this double-pass configuration provides greatly improved sidelobe suppression (to approximately -20 dB) and a 72% reduction in filter bandwidth (to less than 0.9 nm at a wavelength of 1.52 microm). The performance of this device is shown to be equal to the far more difficult to fabricate cascaded pair of strictly matched acousto-optic filters.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/ol.14.001240