Widely tunable reflection-type Fabry-Perot interferometer based on relaxor ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene-trifluoroethylene).
A reflection-type Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) with a large tunability has been demonstrated on relaxor ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene-trifluoroethylene) [P(VDFCTFE-TrFE)] 78.9/13.9/7.2 mol% with a thickness of 9.2 microm. The optical path length of the FPI is modulated by the electrostrictive strain of the terpolymer under electric field, where the low-loss distributed Bragg reflector and aluminium film are employed as the mirrors in the FPI. A positive strain of 20% has been achieved in the terpolymer film under a field of 30 MV/m, which leads to the FPI with a tunable range of more than 200 nm at wavelengths around 680 nm.
Zhen
Hongyu
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State key laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. hongyuzhen@zju.edu.cn
Ye
Hui
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Liu
Xu
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Zhu
Dexi
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Li
Haifeng
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Lu
Yingying
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Wang
Qing
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D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011145:Polyvinyls / Q000737:chemistry*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*
D011145:Polyvinyls; C073666:vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer