Investigation of Electronically Tunable Optical Filters.

Abstract

Work on this contract is aimed at the development of a new type of electronically tunable optical filter. The basic idea of this filter is to use collinear acousto-optic diffraction in an optically anisotropic media. A crystal orientation is chosen such that an incident optical signal of one polarization is diffracted into the orthogonal polarization by the acoustic beam. Progress on this contract has been the construction and first experimental demonstration of a tunable acousto-optic filter, and the growth and demonstration of the use of Calcium Molybdate (CaMoO4) for acousto-optic applications.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0752048

Entities

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Beams
  • Acousto-Optic Filters
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Demonstrations
  • Diffraction
  • Filters
  • Molybdates
  • Optical Filters
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Polarization

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems