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High‐efficiency diffraction modulation of light by strain‐optic effect of piezoelectrically induced standing acoustic waves in bulk LiNbO 3 crystal
Author(s) -
Kuti Cs.,
Turi I.,
Yan Li,
Lee Chi H.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.4650030602
Subject(s) - materials science , modulation (music) , optics , diffraction , acoustic wave , strain (injury) , crystal (programming language) , modulation index , optoelectronics , acoustics , pulse width modulation , physics , medicine , quantum mechanics , voltage , computer science , programming language
100% modulation of light was achieved by the strain‐optic effect of the piezoelectrically induced standing acoustic waves in a bulk LiNbO 3 crystal. The modulation index as high as 4 was attained. As a result, in a single pass a continuous wave light has been modulated resulting in transmission peaks of width less than 2 ns at a repetition rate of 100 MHz.