All-fiber fast acousto-optic temporal control of tunable optical pulses

Ricardo E. da Silva; Egor Manuylovich; Namita Sahoo; Marcos A.R. Franco; Hartmut Bartelt; David J. Webb

doi:10.1016/j.yofte.2024.103877

All-fiber fast acousto-optic temporal control of tunable optical pulses

Ricardo E. da Silva
, Egor Manuylovich
, Namita Sahoo
, Marcos A.R. Franco
, Hartmut Bartelt
, David J. Webb

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Abstract

We demonstrate a new all-fiber electrically tunable modulation method which significantly reduces the response time of a Bragg grating acousto-optic modulator. A 4 cm long device is fabricated with a 1 cm grating inscribed in a suspended core fiber. An acoustic pulse train is switched out of phase along the fiber, damping unwanted natural resonant vibrations inside the grating. The device rise time is decreased from 56 to 9 µs by tuning the duty cycle of the driven electrical signal, contributing to achieve the shortest switching time of 15.6 µs. This tunable temporal response reveals unique features to change the profile of optical pulses. High pulse modulation depths are achieved employing a compact acousto-optic modulator, pointing to fast switching of all-fiber photonic devices.

Original language	English
Article number	103877
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optical Fiber Technology
Volume	87
Early online date	12 Jun 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yofte.2024.103877
Publication status	Published - Oct 2024

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This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 713694, from 305321/2023-4, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnol´ogico (CNPq), and from grant #2022/10584-9, S˜ao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).

Funders	Funder number
European Uniońs Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Horizon 2020
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions	713694
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico	2022/10584-9

Keywords

Acousto-optic modulators
Fiber Bragg gratings
Suspended core fibers
Tunable optical pulses
Numerical simulation

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All-fiber fast acousto-optic temporal control of tunable optical pulses

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