Widely tunable reflection-type Fabry-Perot interferometer based on relaxor ferroelectric poly(vinylidenefluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene-trifluoroethylene)

Opt Express. 2008 Jun 23;16(13):9595-600. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.009595.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Interferometry / instrumentation*
  • Light
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Optics and Photonics / instrumentation*
  • Polyvinyls / chemistry*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Telecommunications / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Polyvinyls
  • vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer