Polymer-fiber-based photomechanical stabilization, discrete positioning, and continuous positioning all-optical circuit

David J. Welker; Mark G. Kuzyk

doi:10.1117/12.187534

23 September 1994 Polymer-fiber-based photomechanical stabilization, discrete positioning, and continuous positioning all-optical circuit

David J. Welker, Mark G. Kuzyk

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Proceedings Volume 2285, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials VII; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187534
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We report on a new class of devices in which laser light is used to control the length of a material. To demonstrate these devices we have designed an all-optical circuit that, using feedback, allows us to control the length of a polymer optical fiber in three ways: stabilization, discrete positioning and continuous positioning. We also report the dependence of response time on fiber length. Many mechanisms long known to result in a refractive index change also result in a length change. For our circuit we have utilized the heating mechanism to control length. While this heating mechanism is relatively slow it is also relatively large in magnitude.

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David J. Welker and Mark G. Kuzyk "Polymer-fiber-based photomechanical stabilization, discrete positioning, and continuous positioning all-optical circuit", Proc. SPIE 2285, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials VII, (23 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187534

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