Dissertation
Optical Wave Propagation in Photomechanical Materials with Arbitrary Dispersive Profiles
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/112491
Abstract
The nonlinear Fabry-Perot interferometer is a basic building block of photomechanical polymer optical fiber devices. In this work, we will the analyze the nonlinear Fabry-Perot interferometer from a theoretical and numerical perspective to gain insight into its multi-stability and nonlinear hysteretic behavior. We will also extend the device design by incorporating a variety of Bragg grating geometries. The Bragg gratings allow tuning of both wavelength and reflectance and can be leveraged to build complex interconnected photomechanical device networks.
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- Title
- Optical Wave Propagation in Photomechanical Materials with Arbitrary Dispersive Profiles
- Creators
- Joseph Lanska
- Contributors
- Mark G Kuzyk (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 162
- Identifiers
- 99900581422401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation