Low drive power, sidelobe free acousto-optic tunable filters/switches

A new family of acousto-optic tunable filters (AOTFs) based on collinear beam interaction on TeO/sub 2/ are demonstrated. The sidelobes are suppressed by over 33 dB and the filters require very low RF drive power (20 mW) to operate.

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