Technology and applications of the integrated acousto-optic filter

Author

Smith, David A. ; Bao, Zhuoyu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Appl. Phys., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

13-16 May 1996

Firstpage

100

Abstract

Technology of the integrated acousto-optic filter has advanced remarkably over the last several years, leading to polarization diversity WDM switches, filters and switches with controllable passband shape, and AOTFs with internal gain. Along with these technological developments, AOTFs have advanced in many important applications areas including WDM optical communication systems, gain equalization of optical amplifier chains, intracavity tuning of lasers and optical spectrometry. The evolution of the AOTF is reviewed and several applications presented

Keywords

acousto-optical filters; acousto-optical switches; band-pass filters; fibre lasers; integrated optics; laser tuning; light polarisation; spectrometer accessories; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFA gain equalization; WDM optical communication systems; controllable passband shape; gain equalization; integrated acousto-optic filter; internal gain; intracavity laser tuning; optical amplifier chains; optical spectrometry; polarization diversity WDM switches; Communication switching; Communication system control; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Passband; Shape control; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 1996. MELECON '96., 8th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Bari

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3109-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.1996.550970

Filename

550970