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Fiber coupled acousto-optic modulators for near UV and blue wavelength applications

Fiber coupled acousto-optic modulators for near UV and blue wavelength applications
Fiber coupled acousto-optic modulators for near UV and blue wavelength applications

We present results from the development of a fiber-coupled Acousto-Optic modulator (Fiber-Q®) operating at near-UV and blue wavelengths. A conventional TeO2 based Bragg diffraction design is introduced for short wavelengths optical input. Pure silica core single mode fibers (both Polarisation Maintaining (PM) and non-PM) are used as coupling fibers for their transmission at these wavelengths, and to avoid the possibility of photo darkening. The end of the fibers are fused with silica end-caps, lowering the power density on their fiber-air interfaces to achieve a higher power handling. The Fiber-Q® can be optimized for multiple wavelengths (including 397nm or 422nm) and can accept power levels of up to 100mW. A hermetically sealed package is selected to provide a clean in-package environment thus protecting the optics from damage caused by external contamination. In this presentation we report details of the design, and test results of a fiber-coupled Acousto-Optic modulator that demonstrates the performance required for use in ion-trap quantum information processing applications.

atomic ion cooling, Fiber coupled AOM, Near UV and blue wavelength
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Swain, M., Farries, M., Christie, M., Reid, T., Ward, J., Ballance, C., Kolthammer, W., Gow, P.C. and O'Brien, D. (2018) Fiber coupled acousto-optic modulators for near UV and blue wavelength applications. In Advances in Photonics of Quantum Computing, Memory, and Communication XI. vol. 10547, SPIE.. (doi:10.1117/12.2287718).

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Abstract

We present results from the development of a fiber-coupled Acousto-Optic modulator (Fiber-Q®) operating at near-UV and blue wavelengths. A conventional TeO2 based Bragg diffraction design is introduced for short wavelengths optical input. Pure silica core single mode fibers (both Polarisation Maintaining (PM) and non-PM) are used as coupling fibers for their transmission at these wavelengths, and to avoid the possibility of photo darkening. The end of the fibers are fused with silica end-caps, lowering the power density on their fiber-air interfaces to achieve a higher power handling. The Fiber-Q® can be optimized for multiple wavelengths (including 397nm or 422nm) and can accept power levels of up to 100mW. A hermetically sealed package is selected to provide a clean in-package environment thus protecting the optics from damage caused by external contamination. In this presentation we report details of the design, and test results of a fiber-coupled Acousto-Optic modulator that demonstrates the performance required for use in ion-trap quantum information processing applications.

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Published date: 22 February 2018
Venue - Dates: Advances in Photonics of Quantum Computing, Memory, and Communication XI 2018, , San Francisco, United States, 2018-01-29 - 2018-01-31
Keywords: atomic ion cooling, Fiber coupled AOM, Near UV and blue wavelength

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Local EPrints ID: 422596
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/422596
PURE UUID: 7e147da1-0290-4743-ab43-a54c3007540d
ORCID for P.C. Gow: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3247-9082

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Date deposited: 26 Jul 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:10

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Author: M. Swain
Author: M. Farries
Author: M. Christie
Author: T. Reid
Author: J. Ward
Author: C. Ballance
Author: W. Kolthammer
Author: P.C. Gow ORCID iD
Author: D. O'Brien

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