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Opt Express. 2015 Oct 05;23(20):25972-8. doi: 10.1364/OE.23.025972.

All-fiber 10 MHz acousto-optic modulator of a fiber Bragg grating at 1060 nm wavelength.

Optics express

Ricardo E Silva, Tobias Tiess, Martin Becker, Tina Eschrich, Manfred Rothhardt, Matthias Jäger, Alexandre A P Pohl, Hartmut Bartelt

PMID: 26480112 DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.025972

Abstract

Acousto-optic modulation of a 1 cm fiber Bragg grating at 10.9 MHz frequency and 1065 nm wavelength is demonstrated for the first time. A special modulator design is employed to acoustically induce a dynamic radial long period grating which couples power of the fundamental mode to the higher-order modes supported by the Bragg grating. A modulated reflection band with a depth of 16 dB and 320 pm bandwidth has been achieved. The results indicate a higher modulation frequency compared to previous studies using flexural acoustic waves. In addition, the reduction of the grating length and the modulator size points to compact and faster acousto-optic modulators.

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