Experimental Study of Simultanoeus Transmission of a Light Wave and an Ultrasonic Wave in an Optical Fiber with the Use of a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer
The possibility of acoustic wave propagation in optical waveguides creates new prospects for the simultaneous use of a light wave and an ultrasonic wave in, for instance, medicine for cutting biological tissues with a surgical ultrasonic laser knife. A Mach-Zehnder optical waveguide...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Archives of Acoustics |
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| Online Access: | https://acoustics.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/aa/article/view/606 |
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| Summary: | The possibility of acoustic wave propagation in optical
waveguides creates new prospects for the simultaneous use of a light wave and an
ultrasonic wave in, for instance, medicine for cutting biological tissues with a
surgical ultrasonic laser knife. A Mach-Zehnder optical waveguide interferometer
was used in the experimental studies of simultaneous transmission of those two
wave types. If ultrasonic vibrations are delivered to one of the interferometer
arms, a light modulation effect is produced. This paper presents measurement
results for different methods of delivering ultrasonic waves to the optical
fiber, i.e. using radial vibrations of a piezoelectric disk or longitudinal
vibrations generated by a sandwich ultrasonic transducer with a velocity
transformer. |
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| ISSN: | 0137-5075 2300-262X |