Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Acoustooptic cells with nonuniform length of light-sound interaction

  • Acoustic, AcoustoelectronicS
  • Published:
Technical Physics Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Diffraction of light by acoustic waves that are generated in the acoustooptic cells of piezoelectric transducers with complex geometry is studied. The diffraction by acoustic beams with triangular, quadrangular (rhombic), hexagonal, etc., cross sections, when the lengths of light-sound interaction in the cross-sectional area of the light beam are different, is considered in the plane wave approximation. The difference in the length of interaction affects the instrument function of acoustooptic devices and provides the suppression of the side lobes in their transmission function. The advantages of using cells with complex-geometry transducers in tunable acoustooptic filters that are incorporated into fiber-optic communication lines with wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) are discussed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. V. I. Balakshy, V. N. Parygin, and L. E. Chirkov, Physical Principles of Acousto-Optics (Radio i Svyaz’, Moscow, 1985).

    Google Scholar 

  2. A. Korpel, Acousto-Optics (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1988; Mir, Moscow, 1993).

    Google Scholar 

  3. J. Xu and R. Stroud, Acousto-Optic Devices (Wiley, New York, 1992).

    Google Scholar 

  4. A. Goutzoulis and D. Pape, Design and Fabrication of Acousto-Optic Devices (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1994).

    Google Scholar 

  5. J. W. Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968; Mir, Moscow, 1970).

    Google Scholar 

  6. I. C. Chang, Proc. SPIE 90, 12 (1976).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. V. N. Parygin, A. V. Vershoubsky, and E. Yu. Filatova, Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 71(9), 73 (2000) [Tech. Phys. 45, 1045 (2000)].

    Google Scholar 

  8. L. Bademian, Opt. Eng. 25, 303 (1986).

    Google Scholar 

  9. D. Pape, P. Wasilouski, and M. Krainak, Proc. SPIE 789, 116 (1987).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. J. Sapriel, D. Charissoux, V. Voloshinov, and V. Molchanov, J. Lightwave Technol. 20, 892 (2002).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    V. B. Voloshinov & G. A. Knyazev

Authors
  1. V. B. Voloshinov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. G. A. Knyazev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

__________

Translated from Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 73, No. 11, 2003, pp. 118–122.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2003 by Voloshinov, Knyazev.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Voloshinov, V.B., Knyazev, G.A. Acoustooptic cells with nonuniform length of light-sound interaction. Tech. Phys. 48, 1475–1479 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1626783

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1626783

Keywords

Search

Navigation