Transmission function of the collinear acousto-optical filter controlled by acoustic waves of the finite amplitude

An opportunity to exploit specific mechanisms of the acousto-optic nonlinearity to regulate performances of the collinear acousto-optical filter, realizing the sequential spectrum analysis of optical signals, is considered. This possibility is theoretically analyzed and experimentally confirmed with...

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Autores: ALEXANDER SHCHERBAKOV, Adán Omar Arellanes Bernabe
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Data de publicação:2013
País:México
Recursos:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositório:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/2207
Acesso em linha:http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/2207
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Collinear acousto-optical interaction
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Optical filter
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Acousto-optical nonlinearity
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Transmission function
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Spectral resolution
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Waves of the finite amplitude
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2209
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Resumo:An opportunity to exploit specific mechanisms of the acousto-optic nonlinearity to regulate performances of the collinear acousto-optical filter, realizing the sequential spectrum analysis of optical signals, is considered. This possibility is theoretically analyzed and experimentally confirmed with an advanced filter based on calcium molybdate (CaMoO4) single-crystal with a 15-μs time-aperture. It is able to operate over red and near-infrared light at relatively low radio-wave frequencies providing almost lossless regime for controlling acoustic waves of the finite amplitude. Under certain conditions, the transmission function of electronically tunable filter exhibits a marked dependence on the applied acoustic power density, and as a result, one can significantly squeeze the transmission function, i.e., improve the spectral resolution of this filter at the cost of decreasing the efficiency of the device partially. The identified and observed non-linear effect makes possible varying the performance data of similar advanced collinear acousto-optical filter governed by external signals of the finite amplitude. © 2013 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) [DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.52.6.064001]