IN-LINE FIBEROPTIC COMPONENTS USING LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS

被引:25
作者
CHARTERS, RB
STAINES, SE
TATAM, RP
机构
[1] Optical Sensors Group, School of Mechanical Engineering, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford
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10.1364/OL.19.002036
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of omega-tricosenoic acid are deposited onto side-polished optical fibers, resulting in The wavelength response is shown to be strongly dependent on film thickness, giving a shift in central wavelength with film thickness of Delta lambda(0)/Delta d = 2.4, in agreement with a simple phase-matching model. It is demonstrated that an alternative polishing technique, requiring no substrates or epoxy, allows more repeatable LB deposition and produces devices with similar characteristics. This is the only technique that will allow deposition of more complex electro-optic LB film-forming molecules.
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