Acousto-optic polarization switch with parallax compensation

Acousto-optic Tunable Switch for WDM Applications

polarization diversity AOTF in the passive, or bar, state, and (d) in the active, or cross, state. Abstract: An acousto-optic tunable switch (AOTS) can provide highly selective wavelength switching and wavelength routing in optical DWDM systems. This paper presents the basic concept of AOTS and a simple analysis of the phase mismatch and wavelength deviation in WDM systems using acousto-optic t...

Polarization-independent imaging with an acousto-optic tandem system.

We propose a method for filtering convergent light beams with arbitrary polarization. For this purpose, a tandem of similar acousto-optic tunable filters was applied. Owing to the special mutual orientation of the cells, two coincident beams with ordinary and extraordinary polarizations were diffracted by the first crystal and the second crystal, respectively.

Acousto-optic photonic crossbar switch. Part I: design.

We present the design of a 12 × 12 photonic crossbar interconnection network constructed using a single three-dimensional acousto-optic crystal. Previous crossbars based on bulk acousto-optic cells require multichannel deflectors with one deflector per optical input; in contrast the design presented here angularly multiplexes these independent deflectors into a single-transducer acousto-optic d...

Narrowband, polarization insensitive all-fiber acousto-optic tunable bandpass filter.

We demonstrate an all-fiber acousto-optic tunable bandpass filter exhibiting narrow optical bandwidth and negligible polarization dependence by employing a novel ultraviolet (UV)-induced core-mode blocker written in a high numerical aperture (NA) fiber. It was demonstrated that the device had the measured 3-dB optical bandwidth of 0.65 nm, the polarization-dependent center-wavelength splitting ...

Acousto - Optic Isolator ( Aoi )