DEMONSTRATION OF BIREFRINGENT OPTICAL FIBER FREQUENCY SHIFTER EMPLOYING TORSIONAL ACOUSTIC-WAVES

被引:29
作者
BERWICK, M
PANNELL, CN
RUSSELL, PS
JACKSON, DA
机构
[1] University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury
[2] University of Southampton, Southampton
关键词
FIBER OPTICS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; FREQUENCY SHIFTERS; OPTICAL FIBERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19910444
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A fibre-optic frequency shifter utilising torsional acoustic waves to produce a travelling perturbation which couples the polarisation modes of a linearly birefringent optical fibre is demonstrated. The shift in optical frequency was 3.195 MHz and an optical coupling efficiency of 6% was obtained with 780 mW of electrical power.
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页码:713 / 715
页数:3
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