Fabry-Perot etalon with polymer cholesteric liquid-crystal mirrors

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作者
Stockley, JE [1 ]
Sharp, GD
Johnson, KM
机构
[1] Boulder Nonlinear Syst Inc, Lafayette, CO 80026 USA
[2] Univ Colorado, Ctr Optoelect Comp Syst, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
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10.1364/OL.24.000055
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present what we believe to be the first implementation of a Fabry-Perot (FP) etalon using polymer cholesteric liquid-crystal mirrors. These polymer mirrors have each been fabricated onto a single substrate, which allows the FP cavity spacing to be only a few micrometers wide. For the experimental results presented, cavity lengths of 13.8 and 7.6 mu m yield near-infrared free spectral ranges of 24.8 and 45.6 nm, respectively. The measured finesse of 14,31 is approaching the limitation imposed by the reflectivity of the mirrors. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.
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