Numerical Analysis of Integrated Acoustooptic Tunable Filters with Weighted Coupling

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-254

  Saitoh, Kunimasa ^a   Koshiba, Masanori ^a   Tsuji, Yasuhide ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustooptic tunable filter; Beam propagation method; Finite element method; Surface acoustic wave

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS; ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STRAIN;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; INTEGRATED ACOUSTOOPTIC TUNABLE FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0348136049     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.744234     Document Type: Article

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