OBLIQUE-INCIDENCE LIQUID-CRYSTAL-TUNABLE ETALON

被引:5
作者
MCADAMS, LR
MCRUER, RN
GOODMAN, JW
机构
[1] Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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D O I
10.1364/OL.16.000864
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The experimental properties and a detailed model of a nematic liquid-crystal-tunable Fabry-Perot etalon with obliquely incident light are reported. As a single-wavelength switch, the etalon has an extinction ratio of 20.3 dB, an insertion loss of -1.7 dB, and a millisecond switching speed. As a filter, the etalon has a finesse of 15.1, a free spectral range of 20.4 nm, and a continuous tuning range of over 40 nm with less than 5 V.
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页码:864 / 866
页数:3
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